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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484627203321

Autore

Gordon Derek

Titolo

Heterogeneity in statistical genetics : how to assess, address, and account for mixtures in association studies / / Derek Gordon, Stephen J. Finch, Wonkuk Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-61121-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 352 p. 41 illus., 26 illus. in color.)

Collana

Statistics for Biology and Health, , 1431-8776

Disciplina

572.80727

Soggetti

Statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to heterogeneity in statistical genetics -- 2. Overview of genomic heterogeneity in statistical genetics -- 3. Phenotypic heterogeneity -- 4. Association tests allowing for heterogeneity -- 5. Designing genetic linkage and association studies that maintain desired statistical power in the presence of mixtures -- 6. Threshold-selected quantitative trait loci and pleiotropy -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Heterogeneity, or mixtures, are ubiquitous in genetics. Even for data as simple as mono-genic diseases, populations are a mixture of affected and unaffected individuals. Still, most statistical genetic association analyses, designed to map genes for diseases and other genetic traits, ignore this phenomenon. In this book, we document methods that incorporate heterogeneity into the design and analysis of genetic and genomic association data. Among the key qualities of our developed statistics is that they include mixture parameters as part of the statistic, a unique component for tests of association. A critical feature of this work is the inclusion of at least one heterogeneity parameter when performing statistical power and sample size calculations for tests of genetic association. We anticipate that this book will be useful to researchers who want to estimate heterogeneity in their data, develop or apply genetic association statistics where heterogeneity exists, and accurately evaluate statistical power and sample size for genetic association through the application of robust experimental



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254807103321

Titolo

After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development : Learning from Specific Models, Volume 2 / / edited by Nancy L. Deutsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-59141-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice, , 2625-2546

Disciplina

372.1334

Soggetti

Child psychology

School psychology

Families

Families—Social aspects

Public health

Child and School Psychology

Family

Public Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Executive Summary: Overview of Brief and Recommendations for Practice and Policy -- Chapter 1. Summer Learning Programs: Investigating Strengths and Challenges -- Chapter 2. Universal Challenges, Specific Contexts: Insights from Looking Within and Across Different After-School Settings -- Chapter 3. Specialized After-School Programs: Five Case Studies. .

Sommario/riassunto

The second volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference addressing how after-school programs can promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. It examines summer learning and best practices for different types of



after-school programs by drawing on the experiences of researchers, program staff, and youth participants. It also presents case studies of five specialized programs and discusses their strengths, limitations, and challenges. In addition, the brief offers recommendations drawn from across the two volumes for how researchers, policy makers, and practitioners can move the field forward and maximize the potential of after-school time and programs to promote positive youth development for children and adolescents. Featured case studies of specialized after-school programs include: Richmond, Virginia’s ROSMY. The Clubhouse: Where Technology Meets Imagination. The Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP). Whatever It Takes (WIT) Program. UTEC of Lowell, Massachusetts. After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development, Volume 2, is a must-have resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology. .