"Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening Attitudes and Multiple Hypothesis Te" by Bradlee A. Jenkins and L. Lee Glenn
 

Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening Attitudes and Multiple Hypothesis Testing

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2014

Description

The recent study by Cunningham, Lewis, Curnow, Glazner, and Massie [1] on the attitudes of respiratory physicians and clinic coordinators towards cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening drew several unsupported conclusions because the α level of 0.05 was not corrected for the large number of hypothesis tests conducted, leading to a Type 2 error and the acceptance of hypotheses that were likely false [2].

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