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- By Frank Bretz, Torsten Hothorn and Peter Westfall.
Adopting a unifying theme based on maximum statistics, Multiple Comparisons Using R describes the common underlying theory of multiple comparison procedures through numerous examples. It also presents a detailed description of available software implementations in R. The R packages and source code for the analyses are available at http://CRAN.R-project.org
After giving examples of multiplicity problems, the book covers general concepts and basic multiple comparisons procedures, including the Bonferroni method and Simes’ test. It then shows how to perform parametric multiple comparisons in standard linear models and general parametric models. It also introduces the multcomp package in R, which offers a convenient interface to perform multiple comparisons in a general context. Following this theoretical framework, the book explores applications involving the Dunnett test, Tukey’s all pairwise comparisons, and general multiple contrast tests for standard regression models, mixed-effects models, and parametric survival models. The last chapter reviews other multiple comparison procedures, such as resampling-based procedures, methods for group sequential or adaptive designs, and the combination of multiple comparison procedures with modeling techniques.
Controlling multiplicity in experiments ensures better decision making and safeguards against false claims. A self-contained introduction to multiple comparison procedures, this book offers strategies for constructing the procedures and illustrates the framework for multiple hypotheses testing in general parametric models. It is suitable for readers with R experience but limited knowledge of multiple comparison procedures and vice versa.
Table of Contents
Introduction
General Concepts
Error rates and general concepts
Construction methods
Methods based on Bonferroni’s inequality
Methods based on Simes’ inequality
Multiple Comparisons in Parametric Models
General linear models
Extensions to general parametric models
The multcomp package
Applications
Multiple comparisons with a control
All pairwise comparisons
Dose response analyses
Variable selection in regression models
Simultaneous confidence bands
Multiple comparisons under heteroscedasticity
Multiple comparisons in logistic regression models
Multiple comparisons in survival models
Multiple comparisons in mixed-effects models
Further Topics
Resampling-based multiple comparison procedures
Group sequential and adaptive designs
Combining multiple comparisons with modeling
Bibliography
Index
Reviews
An excellent first chapter gently explains to the reader why multiple comparison techniques are required. Successive chapters delve into more and more sophisticated scenarios for multiple comparisons. The benefits of applying multiple testing in the context of ordinary linear models are in my opinion not often stressed in undergraduate statistics courses. It was refreshing to see an entire chapter devoted to this idea. The over 150 references make this an excellent entry point into the literature … Do consider it [the book] if you are a user of R, who is also a researcher or teacher of linear modelling, and needs to apply multiple comparisons in their work. Your work will be the better for it.
—Alice Richardson, International Statistical Review (2011), 79
I found the book to be a rare gem; it is very seldom indeed that a reviewer has difficulty finding things to criticize. The book is concise, but covers all the common topics and a little more. It is simply written, yet manages to explain the key concepts remarkably well. Above all, it introduces a comprehensible structure that unifies seemingly different methodologies into a single system. … I believe this book could be useful to all those seeking guidance [on] the multitude of multiplicity correcting procedures. … The authors managed to create a fine balance between theory and practical applications … The book is warmly recommended.
—Vera Lisovskaja, Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, Vol. 21, 2011
Author/Editor Biography
Frank Bretz is Global Head of the Statistical Methodology group at Novartis Pharma AG in Basel, Switzerland. He is also an adjunct professor at the Hannover Medical School in Germany.
Torsten Hothorn is a professor of biostatistics in the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany.
Peter Westfall is James and Marguerite Niver and Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Statistics and associate director of the Center for Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, USA.
