False Discovery Rate Control of Step-Up-Down Tests with Special Emphasis on the Asymptotically Optimal Rejection Curve

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 382-397

  Finner, Helmut ^a   Gontscharuk, Veronika ^a   Dickhaus, Thorsten ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirac uniform configuration; False discovery rate; False discovery rate bounding curve; Least favourable configuration; Multiple hypotheses testing; Step up down test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861004050     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2012.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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