A new method for detecting significant p-values with applications to genetic data;Una nuevo método para la detección de valores p significativos y su aplicación a datos genéticos

Revista Colombiana de Estadistica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-76

  Iván Vélez, Jorge ^a,b,c   Carlos Correa, Juan ^c   Arcos Burgos, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Extreme values theory; Genetic data; Multiple testing; p value; Type I error probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902516998     PISSN: 01201751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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