Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology.

Anonymous statistical methods versus cryptographic methods in epidemiology

Sensitive data are most often indirectly identifiable and so need to be rendered anonymous in order to ensure privacy. Statistical methods to provide anonymity require data perturbation and so generate data processing difficulties. Encryption methods, while preserving confidentiality, do not require data modification.

Genetic Variation of Seed Related Traits in Festuca arundinacea Using Multivariate Statistical Methods

Genetic diversity is the basis of breeding studies in many plant species and is one of the most important indicators for selecting parents. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the genetic diversity of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) using agronomic traits such as plant height, spring growth score, days to flowering, days to pollination, flag leaf length and width, panicle length, we...

Statistical methods in genetic research on smoking.

A growing body of evidence suggests that genetic factors have an important influence on the onset and course of smoking. Here we review some of the statistical methods that have been used to test for genetic influences on smoking behaviour, with a particular focus on studies of large national twin samples. We show how many of the hypotheses that have been tested using a genetic model-fitting ap...

Statistical methods in cancer research. Volume IV. Descriptive epidemiology.

Genetic Algorithms and Statistical Methods: A Comparison