What Is the Problem with Doing Multiple Pairwise Comparisons to Follow-Up

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is the problem with doing multiple pairwise comparisons to follow-up a significant Kruskal-Wallis test?

• A)It decreases the significance of the Kruskal-Wallis test
• B)None of these.
• C)It inflates the familywise error rate.
• D)It potentially masks important differences between variables.

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