BARS

Record added by Jurg Ott (the original Rockefeller list)

Full Name

Bayesian Adaptive Regression Splines

Description

The BARS tests is a statistical method that bridges the gap between single-locus and haplotype-based tests of association. It is based on the non-parametric regression techniques embodied by Bayesian Adaptive Regression Splines.

Author

  • Garrick Wallstrom

  • RE Kass

    URL

    http://wpicr.wpic.pitt.edu/WPICCompGen/bars.htm

    Language

    R

    OS

    Linux

    Reference

    Zhang, Roeder, Wallstrom, Devlin (2003), “Integration of associative statistics over genomic regions using Bayesian Adaptive Regression Splines”, Human Genomics, 1:20-29.