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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 39 4 ii Solution by
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The transmission disequilibrium test is the paired McNemar test statistic . From the raw unambiguous-transmission table,The formal one-degree-of-freedom chi-squared distribution approximation gives , so the calculation does not reject at 5%. Its ordinary null calibration would require a valid missing-parent inclusion rule; the raw arithmetic alone does not establish one.
Using the complete-trio table gives , with . It also does not reject. Homozygous-parent transmissions in supply no discordant contrast for this test.
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