Planned Hypothesis Tests Are Not Necessarily Exempt From Multiplicity Adjustment
Scientific research often involves testing more than one hypothesis at a time, which can inflate the probability that a Type I error (false discovery) will occur. To prevent this Type I error inflation, adjustments can be made to the testing procedure that compensate for the number of tests. Yet man...
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Athabasca University Press
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/514 |