Abstract
SUMMARY The concept of multiple comparisons between a set of competing hypotheses is examined. A statistic is developed for testing a maintained hypothesis against a series of separate alternatives. This statistic is an extension of the binary Cox test.
Keywords
Test statisticStatisticStatistical hypothesis testingAlternative hypothesisStatisticsExtension (predicate logic)Set (abstract data type)EconometricsMathematicsComputer scienceNull hypothesis
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- 1984
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 419-424
- Citations
- 72
- Access
- Closed
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Kim R. Sawyer
(1984).
Multiple Hypothesis Testing.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
, 46
(3)
, 419-424.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1984.tb01315.x
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- 10.1111/j.2517-6161.1984.tb01315.x