Combination of probabilities from significance tests


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ABSTRACT MCLAUGHLIN gives an interesting illustration of the serious error which may arise from the incorrect application to discrete distributions of Fisher's method of combining


significance probabilities. Wallis's exact computer solution is one that is more readily available nowadays; but it seems also worth noting an approximate solution applicable to the


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INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Biomathematics, University of Oxford, M. S. BARTLETT Authors * M. S. BARTLETT View author publications You can also search for this


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_Nature_ 220, 1251 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201251a0 Download citation * Received: 21 October 1968 * Issue Date: 21 December 1968 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2201251a0 SHARE THIS


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