Designing A Study For Identifying Genes In Complex Traits / William K. Scott, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Jonathan L. Haines, and Margaret A. Pericak-Vance -- Basic Concepts In Genetics / Kayla Fourzali, Abigail Deppen, and Elizabeth Heise -- Defining Disease Phenotypes / C. Hung and O. Bodamer -- Determining The Genetic Component of A Disease / Allison Ashley Koch and Evadnie Rampersaud -- Study Design For Genetic Studies / Dana C Crawford and Logan Dumitrescu -- Responsible Conduct of Research In Genetic Studies / Susan Estabrooks Hahn, Adam Buchanan, and Susan H. Blanton -- Linkage Analysis / Susan Blanton -- Data Management / Stephen D. Turner and William S. Bush -- Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Analysis / Eden R. Martin and Ren-Hua Chung -- Genome-Wide Association Studies / Jacob McCauley, Yogasudha Veturi, Shefali Setia Verma, and Marylyn D. Ritchie -- Bioinformatics of Human Genetic Disease Studies / Dale J. Hedges -- Complex Genetic Interactions / Data Mining/ Dimensionality Reduction -- William S. Bush and Stephen D. Turner -- Sample Size, Power, and Data Simulation / SARAH A. PENDERGRASS, YI-JU LI, SUSAN SHAO, MARYLYN D. RITCHIE.