Benjamini and Hochberg: false-discovery-rate control

What changed

Multiple testing could target expected false-discovery proportion rather than only any false positive.

Scientific scope

1995 two-author result; later dependence, adaptive and online FDR extensions separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1995 JRSS Series B paper. Earlier multiple-comparison procedures, later dependence extensions, adaptive FDR methods and software implementations remain separate.

Contributors

• Yoav Benjamini · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Yosef Hochberg · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Benjamini and Hochberg, Controlling the False Discovery Rate
• Benjamini and Hochberg 1995 paper copy

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