Simple step wise tests of hypotheses and multiple comparisons

International Statistical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-34

  Seneta, Eugene ^a   Chen, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dunnett's test; Familywise error rate; Hochberg's procedure; Holm's procedure; Multiple comparisons; Multiple hypotheses; Multivariate t distribution; P value; Simes' test; Step down tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044409197     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2005.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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