Background Menthol cigarettes appeal to adolescents because they mask the harsh taste
and sensation of tobacco smoke thereby making it easier to inhale the smoke. As a result …

Written by experts that include originators of some key ideas, chapters in the Handbook of
Multiple Testing cover multiple comparison problems big and small, with guidance toward …

It has long been known that stars with high metallicity are more likely to host giant planets
than stars with low metallicity. Yet the connection between host star metallicity and the …

Aims Over the last decades, Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) end-points have become
an important outcome of the randomised controlled trials (RCTs). HRQoL methodology in …

Objective Women are more prone to major depressive disorders (MDDs) and the incidence
of MDD in women is almost twice that of men. Insular cortex abnormalities are a common …

Scientific research often involves testing more than one hypothesis at a time, which can
inflate the probability that a Type I error (false discovery) will occur. To prevent this Type I …

Structural equation models (SEM) are widely used for modeling complex multivariate
relationships among measured and latent variables. Although several analytical approaches …

Thinning of semi‐arid forests to reduce wildfire risk is believed to improve forest health by
increasing soil moisture. Increased snowpack, reduced transpiration and reduced rainfall …

Discussion: An estimate of the science-wise false discovery rate and applications to top
medical journals by Jager and Leek | Biostatistics | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content …

We propose a Bayesian approach to multiple testing in disease mapping. This study was
motivated by a real example regarding the mortality rate for lung cancer, males, in the …