To adjust or not to adjust: It is not the tests you perform that count, but how you report them

Anne-Laure Boulesteix and Sabine Hoffmann

No j986q, MetaArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: Most original articles published in the medical literature report the results of multiple statistical tests. In a few simple cases, there is general agreement on whether one should adjust for multiple testing or not. In most cases encountered in practice, however, there are contradictory and confusing recommendations in the literature. In this article, we suggest a unique criterion to decide whether to adjust for multiple testing or not, which has the advantage of being easily understandable for medical researchers and statisticians and of including most existing rules as special cases while providing answers in less straightforward situations.

Date: 2022-07-19
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/j986q

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