OPENMX APRIL 2014

Workshop schedule:

Day 1 Monday 14/4   zip file
Intro to R
Intro to OpenMx
Lunch
Assumption Testing
Binary data and Assumption Testing

Day 2 Tuesday 15/4   zip file
Biometrical Genetics Theory
Path analysis
Univariate ACE models
Binary/Ordinal ACE models
Lunch
Adding extra siblings
Sex limitation

Day 3 Wednesday 16/4   zip file
Including moderators in Univariate models (GxE & Association analyses)
Theory of Bivariate modelling
Bivariate models
Lunch
Bivariate models including continuous and ordinal data
Own data

Day 4 Thursday 17/4   zip file
Theory of Multivariate modelling
Multivariate models
Lunch
Own Data
BBQ 5pm -7pm -ish

Useful papers & files

Genetic and environmental causes of variation in basal levels of blood cells - David Evans 1999
Biometrical genetics - David Evans 2002
The Cholesky Approach: A Cautionary Note - John Loehlin 1996
Power of the Classical Twin Design Revisited - Peter Visscher 2004
OpenMx: An Open Source Extended Structural Equation Modeling Framework. - Boker 2011
Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins (aka Neale and Cardon) - Neale & Maes
Classic Mx manual - Neale
Worked examples of matrix algebra
PFE - A excelent light weight file editor for windows
An excel sheet for recording the results of assumptions testing analyses
GenEpiHelperFunctions.R - Hermine Mae's helper functions
The Advanced OpenMx Workshop - VIPBG 2012