testwise error rate

in a test involving multiple comparisons, the probability of making a Type I error on any specific test or comparison. Factorial designs allow for the possibility of performing many such individual contrasts, and the related family-wise error rate reflects the possibility of Type I error across the entire set of comparisons. Also called comparison-wise error rate; per-comparison error rate. See also experiment-wise error rate.

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Psychology term of the day

November 17th 2024

civilization

1. a highly developed society, advanced in such areas as arts, sciences, technology, law, religion, and moral and social values.

2. human society as a whole in its present highly advanced state of cultural, intellectual, and technical development.

3. the process of attaining this level of development. —civilized adj.