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Bonferroni correction

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✍️ Bonferroni-correction

= a way to avoid high 1️⃣ Type 1 error rates caused by too many hypothesis tests

How?

  1. Divide the 𝜶 Significance level by the number of tests
  2. Apply that 𝜶 Significance level to each individual test

📖 Example:

  • e.g., if your overall alpha level is 0.05 and you are running 10 tests, then each test will have an alpha level of 0.05/10 = 0.005

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  • ✍️ Bonferroni-correction
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  • 1⃣ Type 1 error