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A primer on strong vs weak control of familywise error rate
Michael A Proschan1, Erica H Brittain1
1Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract:
Multiple comparison adjustments have a long history, yet confusion remains about which procedures control type 1 error rate in a strong sense and how to show this. Part of the confusion stems from a powerful technique called the closed testing principle, whose statement is deceptively simple, but is sometimes misinterpreted. This primer presents a straightforward way to think about multiplicity adjustment.
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