MEANING
A set of simultaneous statistical tests whose combined chance of false positives can exceed the chosen error rate.
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Name a family of tests that increases false-positive risk.Describe why testing many hypotheses may need an adjustment.
Words that belong together
- adjust for multiple comparisons
- multiple-comparisons correction
- familywise error rate
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The preregistered plan limited multiple comparisons across the study’s six outcomes.
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Word forms
- Base
- multiple comparisons
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Usage notes
The risk of at least one false positive grows with repeated testing; correction depends on the inferential goal.
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