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A critique of the false-positive report probability.

Genetic epidemiology - 1 Feb 2009

Lucke Joseph F

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The false positive report probability (FPRP) was proposed as a Bayesian prophylactic against false reports of significant associations. Unfortunately, the derivation of the FPRP is unsound. A heuristic derivation fails to make its point, and a formal derivation reveals a probabilistic misrepresentation of an observation. As a result, the FPRP can yield serious inferential errors. In particular, the FPRP can use...

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PMID: 18720477
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20363

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