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Table 1 Statistical hypothesis test with possible test decisions related to the unknown truth (notation)

From: Control procedures and estimators of the false discovery rate and their application in low-dimensional settings: an empirical investigation

 

Test decision

 

declared non-significant

declared significant

Total

Underlying truth

true null

U

V (type I error, α)

m 0

non-null/alternative

T (type II error, β)

S

m 1

Total

m-R

R

m

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BMC Bioinformatics

ISSN: 1471-2105

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