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ExperimentwiseErrorRate
ExperimentwiseErrorRate
Whenaseriesofsignificancetestsisconducted,theexperimentwiseerror
rate(EER)istheprobabilitythatoneormoreofthesignificancetestsresults
inaTypeIerror.Ifthecomparisonsareindependent,thenthe
experimentwiseerrorrateis:
where
ewisexperimentwiseerrorrate
pcisthepercomparisonerrorrate,
andcisthenumberofcomparisons.Forexample,if5independent
comparisonswereeachtobedoneatthe.05level,thentheprobabilitythatat
leastoneofthemwouldresultinaTypeIerroris:
1(1.05)5=0.226.
Ifthecomparisonsarenotindependentthentheexperimentwiseerrorrateis
lessthan
.
Finally,regardlessofwhetherthecomparisonsareindependent,
ew(c)(pc)
Forthisexample,.226<(5)(.05)=0.25.
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