snp.lhs.tests {snpStats} | R Documentation

## Score tests with SNP genotypes as dependent variable

### Description

Under the assumption of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, a SNP genotype is a binomial variate with two trials for an autosomal SNP or with one or two trials (depending on sex) for a SNP on the X chromosome. With each SNP in an input `"SnpMatrix"` as dependent variable, this function first fits a "base" logistic regression model and then carries out a score test for the addition of further term(s). The Hardy-Weinberg assumption can be relaxed by use of a "robust" option.

### Usage

    snp.lhs.tests(snp.data, base.formula, add.formula, subset, snp.subset,
                    data = sys.parent(), robust = FALSE, uncertain = FALSE,
                    control=glm.test.control(), score=FALSE)

### Arguments

`snp.data` | The SNP data, as an object of class `"SnpMatrix"` or `"XSnpMatrix"`
`base.formula` | A `formula` object describing the base model, with dependent variable omitted
`add.formula` | A `formula` object describing the additional terms to be tested, also with dependent variable omitted
`subset` | An array describing the subset of observations to be considered
`snp.subset` | An array describing the subset of SNPs to be considered. Default action is to test all SNPs.
`data` | The data frame in which `base.formula`, `add.formula` and `subset` are to be evaluated
`robust` | If `TRUE`, a test which does not assume Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium will be used
`uncertain` | If `TRUE`, uncertain genotypes are used and scored by their posterior expectations. Otherwise they are treated as missing. If set, this option forces `robust` variance estimates
`control` | An object giving parameters for the IRLS algorithm fitting of the base model and for the acceptable aliasing amongst new terms to be tested. See `glm.test.control`
`score` | Is extended score information to be returned?

### Details

The tests used are asymptotic chi-squared tests based on the vector of first and second derivatives of the log-likelihood with respect to the parameters of the additional model. The "robust" form is a generalized score test in the sense discussed by Boos(1992). If a `data` argument is supplied, the `snp.data` and `data` objects are aligned by rowname. Otherwise all variables in the model formulae are assumed to be stored in the same order as the columns of the `snp.data` object.

### Value

An object of class `snp.tests.glm` or `GlmTests.score` depending on whether `score` is set to `FALSE` or `TRUE` in the call.

### Note

A factor (or several factors) may be included as arguments to the function `strata(...)` in the `base.formula`. This fits all interactions of the factors so included, but leads to faster computation than fitting these in the normal way. Additionally, a `cluster(...)` call may be included in the base model formula. This identifies clusters of potentially correlated observations (e.g. for members of the same family); in this case, an appropriate robust estimate of the variance of the score test is used. No more than one `strata()` call may be used, and neither `strata(...)` or `cluster(...)` calls may appear in the `add.formula`. A known bug is that the function fails when no `data` argument is supplied and the base model formula contains no variables (`~1`). A work-round is to create a data frame to hold the variables in the models and pass this as `data=`.

### Author(s)

David Clayton dc208@cam.ac.uk

### References

Boos, Dennis D. (1992) On generalized score tests. The American Statistician, 46:327-333.

### See Also

`GlmTests-class`, `GlmTestsScore-class`, `glm.test.control`,`snp.rhs.tests` `single.snp.tests`, `SnpMatrix-class`, `XSnpMatrix-class`

### Examples

    data(testdata)
    snp.lhs.tests(Autosomes[,1:10], ~cc, ~region, data=subject.data)
    snp.lhs.tests(Autosomes[,1:10], ~strata(region), ~cc,
       data=subject.data)

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