Topics for Spring 2010 Session

Website: OpenMx
Text: Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families by Neale & Cardon, 1992 revision.
Classic Mx Manual: Mx: Statistical Modeling by Neale, Boker, Xie & Maes, 2006.

Date Lecture Topic Lecturer Notes and Examples
Mar 24 & 31 Comorbidity Michael Neale Comorbidity Twin Analysis
Alternate Forms
Direction of Causation
Bivariate Binary
Random Multiformity
Three Disorders
Apr 21 Likelihood Models Michael Neale / Hermine Maes Likelihood Models
Apr 28 GxE interaction & rGE Marieke Wichers GxE Interaction Models
Corrected GxE Interaction Models
data
Reference Materials Helper Functions Genetic Epidemiology Helper Functions
Gen Epi Helper Functions
Path analysis
Matrix algebra
Introduction to Mx
Biometrical Genetics
Hermine Maes Path Analysis PPT
Path Analysis PDF
Matrix Algebra PPT
Matrix Algebra PDF
Mx input
Mx output
Intro to Mx PPT
Intro to Mx PDF
Biometrical Genetics PPT
Biometrical Genetics PDF