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April 2003 Robbins, empirical Bayes and microarrays
Bradley Efron
Ann. Statist. 31(2): 366-378 (April 2003). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1051027871

Abstract

Empirical Bayes was Herbert Robbins' most influential contribution to statistical theory. It is also an idea of great practical potential. That potential is realized in the analysis of microarrays, a new biogenetic technology for the simultaneous measurement of thousands of gene expression levels.

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Bradley Efron. "Robbins, empirical Bayes and microarrays." Ann. Statist. 31 (2) 366 - 378, April 2003. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1051027871

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Published: April 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 22 April 2003

zbMATH: 1038.62099
MathSciNet: MR1983533
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1051027871

Subjects:
Primary: 62F10

Keywords: $q$-value , False discovery rate , missing species , simultaneous inference , Stein estimation

Rights: Copyright © 2003 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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