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Multiple comparisons among means

Dunn, Olive Jean·1961·Journal of the American Statistical Association

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Methods for constructing simultaneous confidence intervals for all possible linear contrasts among several means of normally distributed variables have been given by Scheffé and Tukey. In this paper the possibility is considered of picking in advance a number (say m) of linear contrasts among k means, and then estimating these m linear contrasts by confidence intervals based on a Student t statistic, in such a way that the overall confidence level for the m intervals is greater than or equal to a preassigned value. It is found that for some values of k, and for m not too large, intervals obtained in this way are shorter than those using the F distribution or the Studentized range. When this is so, the experimenter may be willing to select the linear combinations in advance which he wishes to estimate in order to have m shorter intervals instead of an infinite number of longer intervals.

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  • The Friedman test followed by Dunn's post hoc pairwise test with multiple-comparison correction was conducted to assess temporal discrepancies among onset estimates from documentation-based, narrative-based, and aggregated sources.

    “To assess the temporal discrepancies and identify significant differences among the onset estimates from documentation-based, narrative-based, and aggregated sources, we conducted the Friedman test followed by Dunn’s post hoc pairwise test with multiple-comparison correction53,54.”

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  • All relationships presented in this work are at least significant at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold.

    “All relationships presented in this work are at least significant at a Bonferroni-corrected [76].”
  • Coefficients are considered significant if they are less than a Bonferroni-corrected two-tailed p of 0.001.

    “Since we explore many features at once, we consider coefficients significant if they are less than a Bonferroni-corrected [76] two-tailed of 0.001.”
  • All results in the gender analysis are significant at Bonferroni-corrected p < 0.001.

    “All results are significant at Bonferroni-corrected [76] .”

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Authors
Dunn, O. J.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Dunn, Olive Jean
Venue
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Published
1961-03
Volume
56
Issue
293
Pages
52-64
ISSN
  • 0162-1459 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-274X
OpenAlex
W2061554433
Cited by
5,006
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 417 · 2025: 445 · 2024: 360 · 2023: 338 · 2022: 341 · 2021: 337 · 2020: 306 · 2019: 267 · 2018: 254 · 2017: 217 · 2016: 244 · 2015: 184 · 2014: 174 · 2013: 110 · 2012: 95
FWCI
11.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of the American Statistical Association (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Probability and Statistical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Keywords
multiple comparisons, linear contrasts, simultaneous confidence intervals, F distribution, Scheffe method, Tukey method, normal distribution, interval length

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