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Pediatría Atención Primaria
versión impresa ISSN 1139-7632
Resumen
MOLINA ARIAS, M.. The problem of multiple comparisons. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.64, pp.367-370. ISSN 1139-7632. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1139-76322014000500019.
Clinical trials are designed to respond to a well-defined clinical question. However, in many cases, especially if the results are not significant, studies after the test design are established to try obtaining some positive results. Comparisons between subgroups based on nonrandomized characteristics to find a statistically significant result are well established. The problem of multiple comparisons is the increased likelihood of false positives and committing type I errors. For this reason, all the results obtained from the comparison of subgroups formed after randomization should be critically analyzed.
Palabras clave : Multiple comparisons; Type I error; Post hoc analysis; Bonferroni correction.