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Why We (Usually) Don't Have to Worry About Multiple Comparisons

Why We (Usually) Don't Have to Worry About Multiple Comparisons

Abstract Applied researchers often find themselves making statistical inferences in settings that would seem to require multiple comparisons adjustments. We challenge the Type I error paradigm that underlies these corrections. Moreover we posit that the problem of multiple comparisons can disappear entirely when viewed from a hierarchical Bayesian perspective. We …