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Adjusting for multiple testing when reporting research results: the Bonferroni vs Holm methods.

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Aickin, M, Gensler, H·1996·American Journal of Public Health

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Public health researchers are sometimes required to make adjustments for multiple testing in reporting their results, which reduces the apparent significance of effects and thus reduces statistical power. The Bonferroni procedure is the most widely recommended way of doing this, but another procedure, that of Holm, is uniformly better. Researchers may have neglected Holm's procedure because it has been framed in terms of hypothesis test rejection rather than in terms of P values. An adjustment to P values based on Holm's method is presented in order to promote the method's use in public health research.

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Authors
Aickin, M., & Gensler, H.
Affiliations
University of Arizona (US)
Venue
American Journal of Public Health
Published
1996-05
Volume
86
Issue
5
Pages
726-728
ISSN
  • 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-0048
OpenAlex
W2020720070
Cited by
1,346
References
9
Citations by year
2026: 87 · 2025: 84 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 94 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 75 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 71 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 56 · 2014: 56 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 37
FWCI
11.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Arizona Cancer Center
  • National Cancer Institute (CA-25702)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Keywords
multiple comparisons, Bonferroni correction, p-value adjustment, statistical significance, statistical power, hypothesis testing
MeSH terms
Animals, Biometry, Humans, Public Health, Research, Skin Neoplasms, Mice

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