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Kathryn Roeder reviews statistical tools for autism

 /  18 February 2015
The Presenter
Presenter
Kathryn Roeder
Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

On 18 February, Kathryn Roeder discussed two statistical tools that she and her colleagues have developed. These methods have contributed some of the biggest genetic findings in autism over the past two years. She also explained how other researchers can use these tools for their own genetic analyses.

Kathryn Roeder is professor of statistics and computational biology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

You can watch a complete replay of the webinar above.

Use the comments section below to submit questions we didn’t have time to discuss during the Q&A session or to pose follow-up questions for Roeder.

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