A bayesian perspective on the bonferroni adjustment

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-427

  Westfall, Peter H ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b   Utts, Jessica M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted p value; Bayes factor; Multiple testing; Multiplicity adjustment; Simultaneous inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000413391     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.2.419     Document Type: Article

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