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Subject: Re: From Tony Frudakis RE: [DNA] Cecelia's Mother's DNAPrint 2.0 Results
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:19:04 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <172.1f4e5563.2c88ccc4@aol.com> (DNACousins@aol.com)
Ann wrote:
> I interpret it still another way -- that the MLE would only change a few
> percentage points if you compared a 30 marker test with a 71 marker test, or a 71
> marker test with a handful of FL (failed) results, or a 71 marker test with a
> completely different set of markers.
I hope that's not what Tony meant to say -- it's simply not true. Of
course, a few failed markers should not make a large difference in the
result (unless they happened to be particularly "informative" markers),
but the difference between a 30 and a 71 or between two independent
71's would be on the scale of the statistical uncertainty of the 71.
John Chandler
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