Day 18: The Bonferroni Correction

By now we are masters of statistics… right? Okay, not really, but we are getting there. So far we’ve covered two types of errors, type 1 which you can read about here, and type 2 which you can read about here. Armed with this new knowledge we can break into a way to correct for type 1 errors that come about from multiple comparisons. Sound confusing? Well, not for long, let’s break it down and talk Bonferroni.*

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September 6, 2019 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year one | Tags: bonferroni, computer, Engineering, experiment, Math, neuroscience, null hypothesis, probability, science, statistical errors, statistics | Leave a comment