Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are widely used to uncover novel genetic susceptibility loci for complex genetic diseases. If the true genetic model is known, the association test reflecting ...

Covers discrete and continuous probability laws, random variables; expectations; laws of large numbers and central limit theorem; estimation, testing hypothesis, analysis of variance, regression ...

We derive exact finite-sample expressions for the biases and risks of several common pretest estimators of the scale parameter in the linear regression model. These estimators are associated with ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We consider testing distributional assumptions by using moment conditions. A general class of moment conditions satisfied under the null ...

We estimate sovereign bond spreads of 28 emerging economies over the period January 1998-December 2011 and test the ability of the model in generating accurate in-sample predictions for emerging ...