fisher's exact test for multiple alleles like short tandem repeats

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fisher's exact test for multiple alleles like short tandem repeats
Message posted by hadi on October 7, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I know the basic theory of the test for a 4x4 contingency table. What I don't undestand is how to construct contigency tables forcomputing an exact test for muliple alleles. In STRs there may be 4 to 30 alleles on a locus. Can somebody guide me. i have data for three such loci.

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Re: fisher's exact test for multiple alleles like short tandem repeats
Message posted by JG on October 7, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

You can do a Chi-squared test for independence for any size table - why 4 by 4 ?

I hope this helps .

Re: fisher's exact test for multiple alleles like short tandem repeats
Message posted by Bill on October 8, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

It is my understanding that the Fisher Exact Test can only be applied to a 2x2 table. I don't understand your field of study to comment otherwise.

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