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Misleading conclusions can be drawn from multiple comparison studies if the critical p value is set as equivalent to the preselected statistical α level. This incorrect assumption is observed in many research publications where not enough attention was paid to the inflation of the critical p value as a result of increasing the number of comparisons. A new approach is proposed to control the false discovery rate for independent comparisons. The new approach renders more reliable critical p values and allows reducing the inflated values to the original preselected α level.
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Araujo, P. A new correction for controlling family-wise error rate in multiple comparison studies. Accred Qual Assur 25, 167–169 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-019-01419-2
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