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Misclassification in binary responses and effect on genome-wide association studies.
Poultry science - 1 Sept 2013
Rekaya Romdhane, Smith Shannon, Hay El Hamidi, Aggrey Samuel E
Abstract excerpt
Misclassification of dependent variables is a major issue in many areas of science that can arise when indirect markers are used to classify subjects or continuous traits are treated as categorical. In human medicine, this can have significant impacts on diagnostic accuracy. In animal science applications, misclassification can negatively affect both the accuracy of selection and the ability to ascertain the...
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