General multistage gatekeeping procedures

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-677

  Dmitrienko, Alex ^a   Tamhane, Ajit C ^b   Wiens, Brian L ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonferroni test; Closed procedure; Fallback test; Hochberg test; Holm test; Multiple comparisons; Stepwise procedure; Truncated tests

Indexed keywords

BONFERRONI TEST; CLOSED PROCEDURE; FALLBACK TEST; GATEKEEPING; HOCHBERG TEST; HOLM TEST; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; MULTIPLE TEST; STEPWISE PROCEDURE; TRUNCATED TEST;

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EID: 54549114505     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710464     Document Type: Article

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