Signal identification for rare and weak features: Higher criticism or false discovery rates?

Biostatistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Klaus, Bernd ^a   Strimmer, Korbinian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; False discovery rate; Higher criticism; Signal identification; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84871223983     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxs030     Document Type: Article

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