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> They say they used the U.K. biobank, but otherwise do not tell how they selected upon “European ancestry" in that bank. The UK Biobank study is linked (and a
by throwaway2245 6y ago
> They say they used the U.K. biobank, but otherwise do not tell how they selected upon “European ancestry" in that bank.
The UK Biobank study is linked (and also has its own wikipedia page in any case).
This is simply how science research works. They are not repeating the information given in the source.
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoAnd if they are to be found there what criteria it, if any uses to determine “with European ancestry” then I'm sure you can produce it, because I searched and couldn't. And I find that in practice if research include a vague criterion in it's very title, it tends to come with far clearer definitions of that criterion in it's body than this.
- throwaway2245 6y agoI did find it for UK Biobank (one of several sources) earlier, quite easily, by clicking on the relevant link. I suspect that you could not find it (and did not know) only because you don't have relevant training/expertise in science/genetic research - in line with your first question in this thread. They asked people in the UK in a digitally supported questionnaire/interview, for their ethnicity. (Wikipedia also mentions that UK Biobank is criticised for sampling bias towards wealthy white Brits)