Likelihood ratio tests in behavioral genetics: Problems and solutions

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-340

  Dominicus, Annica ^a,b   Skrondal, Anders ^c,d   Gjessing, Håkon K ^d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,e   Palmgren, Juni ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary parameter; Chi square distribution; Likelihood ratio test; Twin model; Variance component

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33646353469     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9034-7     Document Type: Article

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