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SUBMITTER: Stevens JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409054 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stevens John R JR Al Masud Abdullah A Suyundikov Anvar A
PloS one 20170428 4
In high dimensional data analysis (such as gene expression, spatial epidemiology, or brain imaging studies), we often test thousands or more hypotheses simultaneously. As the number of tests increases, the chance of observing some statistically significant tests is very high even when all null hypotheses are true. Consequently, we could reach incorrect conclusions regarding the hypotheses. Researchers frequently use multiplicity adjustment methods to control type I error rates-primarily the fami ...[more]