Connor, Gregory (2016) Adjusted p-values for genome-wide regression analysis with non-normally distributed quantitative phenotypes. Working Paper. Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting Working Paper N274-16. (Unpublished)

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This paper provides a small-sample adjustment for Bonferonni-corrected p-values in multiple univariate regressions of a quantitative phenotype (such as a social trait) on individual genome markers. The p-value estimator conventionally used in existing genome-wide association (GWA) regressions assumes a normally-distributed dependent variable, or relies on a central limit theorem based approximation. We show that the central limit theorem approximation is unreliable for GWA regression Bonferonni-corrected p-values except in very large samples. We note that measured phenotypes (particularly in the case of social traits) often have markedly non-normal distributions. We propose a mixed normal distribution to better fit observed phenotypic variables, and derive exact small-sample p-values for the standard GWA regression under this distributional assumption.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Keywords:	Adjusted p-values; genome; regression analysis; quantitative phenotypes;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	7473
Depositing User:	Ms Sandra Doherty
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2016 15:37
Publisher:	Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting Working Paper N274-16
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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