Repeated looks at accumulating data: To correct or not to correct?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-211

  Van Der Tweel, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Evidence; Frequentist approach; Likelihood approach; p value; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH;

EID: 17644394949     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-0540-y     Document Type: Review

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