ProductCF: Fisher's Product Combining Function

Description Usage Arguments Value Note Author(s) References

Description

Returns the Fisher combination of vector of p-values, to be used as a global test statistic.

Usage

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ProductCF(p, B)

Arguments

p

Vector of p-values

B

Number of samples from permutation space, for transformation to the open (0, 1) interval.

Value

A scalar global test statistic

Note

The function is labeled the "product" function because the Fisher combination is permutationally equivalent to the product of the p-values.

Author(s)

Devin Caughey <devin.caughey@gmail.com>

References

Fisher, R. A. (1932) Statistical Methods for Research Workers. London: Oliver and Boyd, 4th edn.

Pesarin, Fortunato, and Luigi Salmaso. 2010. Permutation Tests for Complex Data. Chichester, UK: Wiley.


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