So, why do I have to correct for multiple comparisons? Concepts and commentary on Turk et al.

Pain

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-482

  Gracely, Edward ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 53549123826     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.09.011     Document Type: Editorial

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