Estimating the number of true null hypotheses from a histogram of p values
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1085-7117,1537-2693
DOI: 10.1198/108571106x129135