pygsti.tools.hypothesis.bonferroni_correction

bonferroni_correction(significance, numtests)

Calculates the standard Bonferroni correction.

This is used for reducing the “local” significance for > 1 statistical hypothesis test to guarantee maintaining a “global” significance (i.e., a family-wise error rate) of significance.

Parameters:

• significance (float) – Significance of each individual test.

• numtests (int) – The number of hypothesis tests performed.

Returns:

• The Boferroni-corrected local significance, given by

• significance / numtests.

Return type:

float