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Subject: Re: [DNA] Ancestry test - a must-read article URL
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:05:07 EDT
Sorry I didn't dispute your assertion before, but I figured it didn't make
any difference. No offense intended, but I generally skim over the arguments
regarding the validity (or reliability?) of the DNAPrint test. I can't tell you
how close the blue line goes to zero except to say very close. I guess you
could fit a few more of those blue dots along the line - what, a few percentage
points? I have no clue. The triangle plot is strange to me - in addition to
undergrad stats, I took several semesters of advanced data analysis and I
still detest this ___ triangle. I wish the company would dump the triangle and
provide an analysis of the results in basic text. I don't want generalities, I
want a specific percentage of IE, NA, etc. plus or minus a given number of
percentage points at a specific level of probability, provided in text format.
If there is a particular genotype pattern that raises or lowers the
probability (more so than other patterns for NA, for example) I want to know this. I'm
frustrated too, but not enough to discard the findings out of hand. I'd be
more willing to discard a "solid paper trail". Why? Because I was a nurse and
then a lawyer. I've seen too many men who mistakenly believe they are the
biological father of their children. As my sister (also an R.N.) reminded me last
evening "Momma's baby, Daddy's maybe."
Nikki Behre
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