Linear regression-based quantitative trait loci/association mapping methods such as least squares commonly assume normality of residuals. In genetics studies of plants or animals, some quantitative ...
In marketing models, the presence of aberrant response values or outliers in data can distort the parameter estimates or regression coefficients obtained by means of ordinary least squares. The ...
The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 28, No. 5 (Oct., 2000), pp. 1245-1278 (34 pages) The interval mapping method has been shown to be a powerful tool for mapping QTL. However, it is still a challenge to ...