A robust genome-wide scan statistic of the wellcome trust case-control consortium

Biometrics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1115-1122

  Joo, Jungnam ^a   Kwak, Minjung ^a   Ahn, Kwangmi ^b   Zheng, Gang ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency robust; Genetic models; GWA studies; MAX; Pearson's test

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENES; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

EFFICIENCY ROBUST; GENETIC MODELS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MAX; P-VALUES; PEARSON TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; TREND TESTS; TRUST CASE;

EFFICIENCY;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENETIC MODEL; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 70450255050     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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