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??? 11. If we get a code Mx status RED, what do we need to do/consider (in general)? E.g., are our model estimates still reliable? | ??? 11. If we get a code Mx status RED, what do we need to do/consider (in general)? E.g., are our model estimates still reliable? | ||
!!! Rob K. says: Status RED means the optimizer is not certain it has found a minimum of the fitfunction. | !!! Rob K. says: Status RED means the optimizer is not certain it has found a minimum of the fitfunction. | ||
- | * If you're analyzing ordinal data, sometimes a status RED is unavoidable without changing some [[http:// | + | * If you're analyzing ordinal data, sometimes a status RED is unavoidable without changing some [[http:// |
* Use different start values. | * Use different start values. | ||
* Try a different optimizer. | * Try a different optimizer. | ||
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??? 15. Where can researchers find publicly available twin data? | ??? 15. Where can researchers find publicly available twin data? | ||
- | !!! | + | !!! One place a researcher can begin searching for publicly available data is the repository developed and managed by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). |
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+ | As an aside, another publicly available resource towards developing harmonized measures of biomedical phenotypes is the PhenX toolbox (https:// | ||
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+ | MCK: Great question! Nick, Dorret, John?? Want to weight in? | ||
+ | Sadly (I think), twin research has not kept up with whole-genome research, where sharing of data is not only the norm, but also mandatory (for NIH funding at least). Would be scientifically useful if the same were true of twin research! | ||