Distributions associated with simultaneous multiple hypothesis testing

Abstract We develop the distribution for the number of hypotheses found to be statistically significant using the rule from Simes (Biometrika 73: 751–754, 1986) for controlling the family-wise error rate (FWER). We find the distribution of the number of statistically significant p-values under the n...

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Main Authors: Chang Yu, Daniel Zelterman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40488-020-00109-6