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The parity of the mother (the number of live births) was treated as a categorical variable (1, 2, or >2) and dummy variables for parity 2 and >2 were included as potential confounders.
We used a dummy variableencoding for the genotypes where n-1 dummy variables areused for n levels [ 40 ] . We simulated 100data sets of each epistasis model with two functional SNPs.
Mr. Thress' complete model includes the price of First-Class cards, the price of Standard A, the workshare discount, three lags on these variables, permanent income, transitory income, user costs, certain dummy variables, and seasonal coefficients.
Either one or bothof the dummy variables could be selected to consider a locus presentin the model.
For example a score of 23 to 28 indicated a Chicano Barriologist was “muy de aquellas” (very Chicano); 18 to 22 indicated High Potential, “o ya casi” (almost a Chicano); 13 to 17 was half Mexican, half American, or “keep trying, you”; 8 to 12 was a “vendido” (sellout or culturally deprived); and 0 to 7 was a “pendejo” (dummy, jerk).