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Scott Vrieze

University of Minnesota
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Model selection and psychological theory: a discussion of the differences between the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and the Bayesian information criterion (BIC).

SI Vrieze - Psychological methods, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
… by a weighted linear function of some other variable(s). This is a perfectly legitimate model,
… Given this, I argue that one should identify their loss function(s) and then decide whether …

Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods

…, AE Locke, A Kwong, SI Vrieze, EY Chew, S Levy… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
… In equation (2), θ k denotes the template switch probability between markers k and k+1 (analogous
to a recombination fraction), S k+1 is the genotype in the study sample, P(S k+1 |Y i ) …

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

…, TE Thorgeirsson, G Abecasis, DJ Liu, S Vrieze - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

…, M Machado, A Moore, S Rüeger, X Sim, S Vrieze… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–50%
of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

…, S Ripke, S Van Der Sluis, PF Sullivan, SI Vrieze… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Intelligence is highly heritable 1 and a major determinant of human health and well-being 2
. Recent genome-wide meta-analyses have identified 24 genomic loci linked to variation in …

Endophenotype best practices

WG Iacono, SM Malone, SI Vrieze - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review examines the current state of electrophysiological endophenotype research and
recommends best practices that are based on knowledge gleaned from the last decade of …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

…, JA Pasman, KJH Verweij, DJ Liu, S Vrieze… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… In the absence of heterogeneity, it is expected that a given SNP’s GWAS effects on the input
phenotypes will scale proportionally to the factor loadings 24 (Supplementary Methods). The …

[HTML][HTML] A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

…, MC Stallings, MM Vanyukov, S Vrieze… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Variation in liability to cannabis use disorder has a strong genetic component (estimated
twin and family heritability about 50–70%) and is associated with negative …

Behavioral impact of return of genetic test results for complex disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

MJ Frieser, S Wilson, S Vrieze - Health Psychology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
… This was the only study that included two disease outcomes, and we treated the Alzheimer’s
results return separately from the Alzheimer’s–cardiovascular combined results return. Note …

Comparison of methods that use whole genome data to estimate the heritability and genetic architecture of complex traits

…, R Tahmasbi, SI Vrieze, GR Abecasis, S Das, S Gazal… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
… Narrow-sense heritability, h 2 , the proportion of a trait’s phenotypic variance attributable
to additive genetic variance, is a fundamental concept in quantitative genetics. In addition to …