Detecting gene–environment interactions with rare variants is critical in dissecting the etiology of common diseases. Interactions with rare haplotype variants (rHTVs) are of particular interest. At ...

Any plant, biological, petrochemical or environmental sample can be considered to be a complex sample. By definition, a complex sample is a multicomponent sample that contains a wide variety of ...

Cochran (1977) outlines eleven steps in the planning of a survey. Good sampling methods must exist in the environment of all of these steps. These steps are (1) a statement of the survey objectives, ...

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and ...