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Statistical Methods For Assessing Individual Oocyte Viability Through Gene Expression Profiles, Michael O. Bishop

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Abstract

Statistical Methods for Assessing Individual Oocyte Viability Through Gene Expression Profiles

By

Michael O. Bishop

Utah State University, 2017

Major Professor: Dr. John R. Stevens

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Oocytes are the precursor cells to the female gamete, or egg. While reproduction may vary from species to species, within humans and most domesticated animals, the oocyte maturation process is fairly similar. As an oocyte matures, there are various processes that take place, all of which have an effect on the viability of the individual oocyte. Barring outside damage that may come to the oocyte, one of the primary reasons …

Discriminant Function Analysis, Kuo Hsiung Su

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The technique of discriminant function analysis was originated by R.A. Fisher and first applied by Barnard (1935). Two very useful summaries of the recent work in this technique can be found in Hodges (1950) and in Tosuoka and Tiedeman (1954). The techniques have been used primarily in the fields of anthropology, psychology, biology, medicine, and education, and have only begun to be applied to other fields in recent years.

Classification and discriminant function analyses are two phases in the attempt to predict which of several populations an observation might be a member of, on the basis of multivariate measurements. Both …