calculateH: Falconer's Formula

In R-Computing-Lab/BGMisc: An R Package for Extended Behavior Genetics Analysis

Falconer's Formula

Description

Use Falconer's formula to solve for H using the observed correlations for two groups of any two levels of relatednesses.

Usage

calculateH(r1, r2, obsR1, obsR2)

Arguments

r1	Relatedness coefficient of the first group.
r2	Relatedness coefficient of the second group.
obsR1	Observed correlation between members of the first group.
obsR2	Observed correlation between members of the second group.

Details

This generalization of Falconer's formula provides a method to calculate heritability by using the observed correlations for two groups of any two relatednesses. This function solves for H using the formula:

H^2 = \frac{obsR1 - obsR2}{r1 - r2}

where r1 and r2 are the relatedness coefficients for the first and second group, respectively, and obsR1 and obsR2 are the observed correlations.

Value

Heritability estimates ('heritability_estimates').

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