Estimation of the Number of “True” Null Hypotheses in Multivariate Analysis of Neuroimaging Data

@article{Turkheimer2001EstimationOT,
  title={Estimation of the Number of “True” Null Hypotheses in Multivariate Analysis of Neuroimaging Data},
  author={Federico E. Turkheimer and C. B. Smith and Kathleen C. Schmidt},
  journal={NeuroImage},
  year={2001},
  volume={13},
  pages={920-930}
}
The repeated testing of a null univariate hypothesis in each of many sites (either regions of interest or voxels) is a common approach to the statistical analysis of brain functional images. Procedures, such as the Bonferroni, are available to maintain the Type I error of the set of tests at a specified level. An initial assumption of these methods is a "global null hypothesis," i.e., the statistics computed on each site are assumed to be generated by null distributions. This framework may be… 
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