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Multiplicity and Multiple Comparisons

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Why and when do p-value adjustment makes sense? Some methods for adjusting p-values are discussed.

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Pardo, S. (2020). Multiplicity and Multiple Comparisons. In: Statistical Analysis of Empirical Data. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43328-4_4

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