Single-Locus Genetic Association Analysis by Ordinal Tests

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-338

  Zhang, G ^a   Jin, L ^b   Chakraborty, R ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Genetic association; Linkage disequilibrium; Ordinal test; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Statistical power; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866303586     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-44-451875-0.00012-9     Document Type: Chapter

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