The positive false discovery rate: A Bayesian interpretation and the q-value

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2013-2035

  Storey, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple comparisons; p values; pFDR; pFNR; q values; Simultaneous inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345822598     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1074290335     Document Type: Article

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