A critique of the false-positive report
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Joseph F. Lucke
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The false positive report probability (FPRP) was proposed as a Bayesian prophylactic against false reports of significant associations. Unfortunately, the derivation of the FPRP is unsound. A heuristic derivation fails to make its point, and a formal derivation reveals a probabilistic m