Designing a GWAS: Power, sample size, and data structure

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-98

  Ball, Roderick D ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; Bayesian power calculations; Bayesian statistics; BIC criterion; Candidate gene association studies; Case control studies; Experimental design; Family based association studies; Frequentist statistics; Genome scans; Genome wide association studies (GWAS); ldDesign R package; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Posterior probabilities; Power calculations; Prior elicitation; Quantitative trait loci (QTL); Quantitative traits; Replication and validation; Robust detection of effects; S TDT test; SDT test; TDT test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883151673     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-447-0_3     Document Type: Article

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