Workshop

International Workshop on Methodology of Twin and Family Studies.

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The next workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 3 – 7, 2008, with John Hewitt as local host. This course is intended to be introductory. Mike Neale serves as the Academic Director for the workshop and is joined by approximately a dozen outstanding faculty from universities around the world.

The course will include: Causes of variation; univariate twin analysis; between group heterogeneity; path analysis; analysis of raw data; multivariate genetic analysis; multiple raters; sibling effects; categorical data; power analysis; models of comorbidity; extended pedigrees; developmental models; and an introduction to quantitative trait loci and association. Hands-on analysis will be emphasized employing networked notebook computers.