Table 1
Scenario A (n = 64 per condition) and scenario B (n = 11 per condition) in terms of expected proportions of Type I error prevalence in a pile of statistically significant outcomes.
|
Scenario |
A (n = 64) |
B (n = 11) |
|---|---|---|
|
Expected rejections of the 20 true null hypotheses |
1 |
1 |
|
Expected rejections of the 80 untrue null hypotheses |
64 |
16 |
|
Expected proportion of Type I errors in the pile of statistically significant results |
1/65 (≈ 0.015) |
1/17 (≈ 0.059) |