A multivariate test of association
Author(s) -
Manuel A. R. Ferreira,
Shaun Purcell
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn563
Subject(s) - multivariate statistics , association (psychology) , association test , multivariate analysis , test (biology) , genetic association , computer science , population , data mining , statistics , biology , machine learning , medicine , mathematics , psychology , single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , genotype , environmental health , psychotherapist , gene , paleontology
Although genetic association studies often test multiple, related phenotypes, few formal multivariate tests of association are available. We describe a test of association that can be efficiently applied to large population-based designs.
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