Statistical modelling and inference for discrete and censored familial data

Analysis of familial data with quantitative traits based on the multivariate normal distribution has been well studied. However, little attention has been devoted to traits which do not have a multivariate normal distribution, such as traits with discrete or censored values. In this thesis, we de...

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Main Author: Zhao, Yinshan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16044