Distribution of the logBayes factor in 1,114 false positive associations generated in approximately 10association tests with an estimated false positive rate 5 10

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A hierarchical and modular approach to the discovery of robust associations in genome-wide association studies from pooled DNA samples"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/6</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():6-6.</p><p>Published online 14 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2248205.</p><p></p> The analysis shows that the chance to observe a very large Bayes factor has an exponential decay, and the probability of observing a Bayes factor greater than 10 by chance is 6 10, the probability of observing a Bayes factor greater than 100 is 3 10, greater than 1000 is 2 10