On dependence assumption in p-value based multiple test procedures

There are various multiple comparison procedures used in confirmatory clinical studies and exploratory research for multiplicity adjustment. Among them are the Hochberg and Benjamini-Hochberg procedures. A common misconception is that these procedures control the type I error rate properly if the test statistics are independent or positively correlated. In fact, a much stronger positive dependence assumption needs to be satisfied to guarantee the type I error rate control. We give a comprehensive review of the dependence conditions used in multiple testing procedures. We show that a weaker positive dependence assumption may result an inflation of type I error rate by a factor of 2 and discuss the type I error rate control under certain negative dependence conditions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Journal of biopharmaceutical statistics - 33(2023), 5 vom: 03. Sept., Seite 596-610

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gou, Jiangtao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Benjamini-Hochberg procedure
Dependence assumption
Hochberg procedure
Journal Article
Multiple testing procedure
Review
Simes test

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Date Completed 22.08.2023

Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10543406.2022.2162066

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351181881