RVPedigree (version 0.0.3)

pvalue.VCC3: Compute p-values for the VC-C3 method

Description

Compute p-values for the VC-C3 method

Usage

pvalue.VCC3(P, G, W, Nperm, n, pedigree, haplotypes, generation.id, Ncores = 1)

Arguments

P

a matrix which can be obtained as output of the function Preparation.VCC.

G

the genotype matrix

Nperm

(integer) The number of permutations to be done to calculate the empirical p-value if the VCC2 or VCC3 method is used. For other methods this parameter is ignored (default: 100).

n

Integer, the number of samples

pedigree

a pedigree as output by read.pedigree. This is a data frame consisting of four columns (family ID, individual ID, father ID and mother ID) as use in the traditional linkage format and e.g. Plink files.

haplotypes

a matrix of the haplotypes of the individuals

generation.id

a vector of length(sample size) which indicates if the subject is founder (generation.id=0), a child from first generation (generation.id=1), a child from second generation (generation.id=2), etc. This vector can be calculated by the kinship2::kindepth() function.

Ncores

(integer) Number of processor (CPU) cores to be used in parallel when doing the permutations to determine the p-value (default: 1).

Value

the outcomes of the VC-C3 association test on the given region, which is a list with the following elements:

• score: The score test
• p.value.VCC2: The p-value as output by the VC-C2 method (pvalue.VCC2).
• p.value.VCC3: This is the exact p-vlaue for small level size. The approach to obtain this second p-value approximates the distribution of the test statistic under the null model by a non-central chi-square using matching moments of the first, the second and the fourth moments. The estimation of the three moments are approximated empirically using the permutations that were used to calculate the VC-C2 p-value.

See Also

pvalue.VCC1, pvalue.VCC2