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As described by Lin et. al, the p-value of this test can be calculated analytically using the fact that the burden test statistics together follow a multivariate normal distribution with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\boldsymbol{\Omega}</math>

As described by Lin et. al, the p-value of this test can be calculated analytically using the fact that the burden test statistics together follow a multivariate normal distribution with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\boldsymbol{\Omega}</math>

<math> \left(T_{b\left(f_1\right)},T_{b\left(f_2\right)},\dots,T_{b\left(f_m\right)}\right)</math><math>\sim\mathbf{MVN}\left(\mathbf{0},\boldsymbol{\Omega}\right) </math>

<math> \left(T_{b\left(f_1\right)},T_{b\left(f_2\right)},\dots,T_{b\left(f_m\right)}\right)</math><math>\sim\mathbf{MVN}\left(\mathbf{0},\boldsymbol{\Omega}\right) </math>,

where <math>\boldsymbol{\Omega_{ij}}=\frac{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}}{\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}}\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}}}</math>

where <math>\boldsymbol{\Omega_{ij}}=\frac{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}}{\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_i}}\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}^T\left(\sum_{i=1}^n{\mathbf{V_i}}\right)\boldsymbol{\phi}_{f_j}}}</math>