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A Q-Q plot aids interpretation of the False Discovery Rate

Methodology 2021-09-07 v1

Abstract

A method is demonstrated for representing the false discovery rate (FDR) in a set of p-values on a quantile-quantile (Q-Q) plot of the p-values. Recognition of this connection between the FDR and the Q-Q plot facilitates both understanding of the meaning of the FDR, and interpretation of the FDR in a particular data set.

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@article{arxiv.2109.02118,
  title  = {A Q-Q plot aids interpretation of the False Discovery Rate},
  author = {N. W. Galwey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.02118},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

I initially submitted this manuscript to bioRxiv, but received a response as follows: manuscript inappropriate for bioRxiv. ... might be better suited to arXiv. Therefore I am submitting the manuscript to arXiv. I guess that the manuscript was judged inappropriate for bioRxiv because it has no explicit biological content, though method presented is widely applicable in biology

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