FRACTAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF MAX STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION IN GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES

Wentian Li and Yaning Yang
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Wentian Li: The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, 350 Community Drive, NY 11030, USA
Yaning Yang: Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, Hefei, China

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2009, vol. 12, issue 04n05, 513-531

Abstract: Two noninteger parameters are defined for MAX statistics, which are maxima ofdsimpler test statistics. The first parameter,dMAX, is the fractional number of tests, representing the equivalent numbers of independent tests in MAX. If thedtests are dependent,dMAX

Keywords: Fractional parameter values; statistical genetics; chi-square distribution; MAX statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1142/S0219525909002349

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