The ML estimation and testing of generalized ABO-like data with no observed double recessives
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An Allele-specific Gene Expression Assay to Test the Functional Basis of Genetic Associations
Published on: November 3, 2010
Abstract:
The general method of the discrepancy or heterogeneity chi-square is applied to ABO-like data in which there are no observed double blanks in either the disease or the control group. When the recessive gene frequency is assumed zero, this method leads to an approximate chi-square test identical to that suggested by Smouse and Williams (1982, Biometrics 38, 757-768). When this assumption is relaxed, there arise two cases which are determined by whether the maximum likelihood estimate of this frequency is zero or not. It is shown that the value of the simple score statistic of Gart and Nam (1984, Biometrics 40, 887-894) discriminates between the two cases. The various omnibus test statistics for comparing groups are shown to differ little in several practical examples. However, under the more general assumption the appropriate degrees of freedom is one more than the number previously suggested.
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