Using false discovery rates for multiple comparisons in ecology and evolution

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Pike, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonferroni; False discovery rate; Family wise error; Hypothesis testing; Multiple comparisons; Simultaneous inference; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960987794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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