Simultaneous confidence regions for closed tests, including Holm-, Hochberg-, and Hommel-related procedures

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-342

  Guilbaud, Olivier ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Closed testing procedures; Simes inequality; Simultaneous confidence regions; Stepwise procedures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED TESTING PROCEDURE; CONFIDENCE REGION; MULTIPLE TESTING; NULL HYPOTHESIS; SIMES INEQUALITY; SIMULTANEOUS CONFIDENCE REGION; STEPWISE PROCEDURE; TESTING PROCEDURE; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 84862235618     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201100123     Document Type: Article

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