What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7139, 1998, Pages 1236-1238

  Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032542897     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7139.1236     Document Type: Short Survey

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