--- bta78@... wrote:

> Hi all you statalist-eners out there,
> Can anyone explain to me the sidak correction to
> correlate? What is it and what
> is it used for? I've tried searching the internet
> for it, but nothing has really
> told me why someone would use it.
>

Simply said, it is use to adjust the p-value when
performing multiple comparison (i.e.:performing
multiple hypothesis tests)

Riacrdo.


Ricardo Ovaldia, MS
Statistician
Oklahoma City, OK



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