Does Raising Type 1 Error Rate Improve Power to Detect Interactions in Linear Regression Models? A Simulation Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Durand, Casey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPE 1 ERROR RATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84881607072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071079     Document Type: Article

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