Multiple comparisons, explained

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 807-812

  Goodman, Steven N ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Oncology Center's   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 19244374781     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009531     Document Type: Article

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