Which of the Following Are Possibly Explanations for a Positive

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are possibly explanations for a positive result in an association study?

• A) Population stratification
• B) You have found the allele that confers risk of your trait of interest
• C) The allele you have found is in LD with the risk-conferring allele
• D) It is a false positive caused by the number of markers examined in the study
• E) All of the above

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Median

The median represents the value that occupies the central position in a dataset once it’s arranged sequentially from lowest to highest or the opposite way.

Quotient

The result obtained when one number is divided by another.

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The process of approximating a number to a specified degree of precision, often to make it simpler to handle or understand.

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