About the Authors

Ashley Petersen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Carolina Alvarez

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Scott DeClaire

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, United States of America

Nathan L. Tintle

nathantintle@dordt.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP NT SD. Performed the experiments: CA AP SD. Analyzed the data: CA AP SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT AP SD. Wrote the paper: NT AP CA.