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Table 1 Estimated type I error rates of the statistic, max_PC, for 10,000 simulations

From: Testing association and maternally mediated genetic effects with the principal component analysis in case-parents studies

 

Estimated type I error rates

 

Homogeneous population

Admixture population

Sample size

α = 0.05

α = 0.01

α = 0.001

α = 0.05

α = 0.01

α = 0.001

100

0.0486

0.0106

0.0012

0.0490

0.0095

0.0010

200

0.0502

0.0092

0.0009

0.0487

0.0105

0.0009

400

0.0489

0.0089

0.0018

0.0521

0.0110

0.0013