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False discovery control with p-value weighting

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  • Christopher R. Genovese
  • Kathryn Roeder
  • Larry Wasserman

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We present a method for multiple hypothesis testing that maintains control of the false discovery rate while incorporating prior information about the hypotheses. The prior information takes the form of p-value weights. If the assignment of weights is positively associated with the null hypotheses being false, the procedure improves power, except in cases where power is already near one. Even if the assignment of weights is poor, power is only reduced slightly, as long as the weights are not too large. We also provide a similar method for controlling false discovery exceedance. Copyright 2006, Oxford University Press.

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  • Christopher R. Genovese & Kathryn Roeder & Larry Wasserman, 2006. "False discovery control with p-value weighting," Biometrika, Biometrika Trust, vol. 93(3), pages 509-524, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:biomet:v:93:y:2006:i:3:p:509-524
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