A method to compute multiplicity corrected confidence intervals for odds ratios and other relative effect estimates

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-398

  Efird, Jimmy Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Susan Searles ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hochberg step up procedure; Multiplicity correction

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849085482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5050394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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