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The Problem of Multiple Comparisons

Katherine S. Takvorian, C. Corey Hardin, Daniel Müller, Tim Vining, Sharon‐Lise T. Normand, Chana A. Sacks

2022NEJM Evidence57 citationsDOI

Abstract

The Problem of Multiple Comparisons This animated video reviews the problem of multiple comparisons in research studies and explains how performing multiple statistical hypothesis tests can produce associations simply by chance.

Topics & Concepts

Multiple comparisons problemStatistical hypothesis testingComputer scienceEconometricsStatisticsPsychologyMathematicsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsForecasting Techniques and ApplicationsStatistics Education and Methodologies
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