Multiple testing in disease mapping and descriptive epidemiology
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Multiple testing in disease mapping and descriptive epidemiology.
The problem of multiple testing is rarely addressed in disease mapping or descriptive epidemiology. This issue is relevant when a large number of small areas or diseases are analysed. Control of the family wise error rate (FWER), for example via the Bonferroni correction, is avoided because it leads to loss of statistical power. To overcome such difficulties, control of the false discovery rate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geospatial health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1970-7096,1827-1987
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.202