Why is S.E ~300/N?

yw Guest	Why is S.E ~300/N? May 24, 2014 3:26:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by yw on May 24, 2014 3:26:47 GMT When estimating heritability, genetic correlation, etc it is said that S.E will be ~300/N, so you need at least 3000 for GCTA analyses. I am curious why. Is there a paper that explains this?

Jian Yang Administrator Posts: 362	Why is S.E ~300/N? May 25, 2014 10:50:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jian Yang on May 25, 2014 10:50:49 GMT www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1004269

yw Guest	Why is S.E ~300/N? May 28, 2014 2:35:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by yw on May 28, 2014 2:35:01 GMT Thanks, It helped a lot!