Genetic Association Course in 2010
Course Description
The goal of the course was to teach the course participants both theory and application of methods for population based association analysis, with a concentration on the analysis of whole genome scan data. The course included theory as well as practical exercises.
The exercises were carried out using a variety of computer programs. The course participants learned how to use and interpret the results for a number of programs, e.g. PLINK, R (including GenABEL and multtest), UNPHASED and MDR.
The Course instructor
Data Sets
The data sets used during the computer exercises are available for download below. Due to its size, the data archive for the impute exercise will be available separately from the other data sets. To save the files to your computer, press the right-click button of your mouse (or Strg/Ctrl + mouse-click under MacOS), select 'Save as ..' and then choose an appropriate directory at your local disc.
- For Windows: data.zip (1.8 MB)
- For Linux/MacOS: data.tar.gz (2.0 MB)
To unpack the data under Windows, use either the integrated functionality of Windows 7's explorer or one of the following programs: 7-zip, WinZip.
To unpack the data under linux/MacOs, open a shell, change to the directory that contains the archive files and type the following command:
tar -xvzf data.tar.gz
This should create numerous subdirectories containing the exercises-specific data sets.