Order-restricted scores test for the evaluation of populationbased case-control studies when the genetic model is unknown

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-669

  Hothorn, Ludwig A ^a   Hothorn, Torsten ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Conditional inference; Genetic association; Maximum test; Robust trend test

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE TESTING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONDITIONAL INFERENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODELS; LIMITING DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXIMUM TEST; POWER; ROBUST TREND TEST; SCORE TEST; TREND TESTS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350702470     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200800203     Document Type: Article

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