Multiple test procedures for identifying the maximum safe dose

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 455, 2001, Pages 835-843

  Tamhane, Ajit C ^a   Dunnett, Charles W ^b   Green, John W ^c   Wetherington, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Familywise error rate; Minimum unsafe dose; Multiple comparisons; Multivariate; Step down multiple testing procedure; T distribution; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442280698     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501753208546     Document Type: Article

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