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Regression diagnostics for the class A regressive model with quantitative phenotypes.

H M Wang1, M P Jones, T L Burns

  • 1Department of Business Administration, Ling-Tung College, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Genetic Epidemiology
|August 14, 1999
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This study introduces efficient regression diagnostic methods to identify outlier families in genetic analyses. The empirical influence function (EIF) is recommended for accurately detecting etiotic families in quantitative trait data.

Area of Science:

  • Quantitative genetics
  • Statistical genetics
  • Family studies

Background:

  • Class A regressive models are used for analyzing quantitative family data.
  • Identifying families that deviate from the main genetic model (etiotic families) is crucial but computationally intensive.
  • Traditional case-deletion methods are time-consuming for large datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate computationally efficient regression diagnostic methods for identifying etiotic families.
  • To compare the performance of novel methods against the exact case-deletion approach.
  • To integrate these methods into existing genetic analysis software.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed three alternative diagnostic methods: empirical influence function (EIF), one-step approximation, and approximated one-step approach.

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  • Conducted a Monte Carlo simulation study to assess method performance.
  • Applied methods to body mass index data from Muscatine, Iowa families.

    • Main Results:

    • The empirical influence function (EIF) approach is supported as a recommended alternative.
    • Regression diagnostics associated with phenotypic variance most effectively identified etiotic families.
    • Up to 7.4% of families were identified as etiotic in the illustrative dataset.

    Conclusions:

    • Developed efficient regression diagnostic tools for identifying outlier families in genetic studies.
    • The EIF method offers a practical and accurate alternative to time-consuming case-deletion.
    • Regression diagnostics are now a feasible component for analyzing quantitative family data.