Comment Comment by eanzenberg Multiple comparisons? 1 million independent tests? Hello?>Your P value is 0.0002. This doesn't count as discovery, but clinically I know what my judgment is going to be.>Let's go 5 sigma (p < 3e-7) for discoveries and reserve 0.05 < p < 3e-7 for stuff we should take closer looks at.^Means you should start a new trial with n > 20 given the same placebo/drug split. parent eanzenberg 10 years ago
>Your P value is 0.0002. This doesn't count as discovery, but clinically I know what my judgment is going to be.
>Let's go 5 sigma (p < 3e-7) for discoveries and reserve 0.05 < p < 3e-7 for stuff we should take closer looks at.
^Means you should start a new trial with n > 20 given the same placebo/drug split.