Chi Square test, correction for multiple comparisons

Question

I have monthly prevalence data (n=30-120/month) for the presence of a parasite (2x12 contingency table) that shows a significant chi square.  I'm interested in comparing specific months to see if there are differences.  Using the filter feature in contingency analysis I can quickly get multiple comparisons.  However that is without any correction factor applied to control error rates.  I have seen that JMP uses FDR to control for false positives but I can't find step-by-step information on how to use FDR to adjust my multiple comparisons.

First, is use of FDR a correct approach for multiple 2x2 comparisons (chi square)?  My method to do multiple comparisons seems kind of kludgy (using the filter repeatedly).  Second, is there a tutorial that shows how to apply FDR to a dataset?

Thanks!

fishguy · Answer

Great, Thanks!  I'll work on that.

txnelson · Answer

You stated that you use a Data Filter multiple times to get your current analysis.  Basically, what I am suggesting, is that you could create a separate grouping of data for each of the filterings you do, creating an identifying column that uniquely identifies each group, and then run the Response Screening.  I envision that you would write a simple script to generate the groupings, and the Response Screening.

Here is a very simple example

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA\hothand.jmp" );

Response Screening( 
	Y( :First ), 
	X( :Second ), 
	Weight( :Count ), 
	Grouping( :Player ) 
);

fishguy · Answer

Hi,

In this case my X is month and Y is a list of fish with either 0 (absence)
or 1 (presence) of parasite. Together these build the contingency table.
I'm not sure about restructuring the data set. Do you mean create
summaries for each month that include total number of fish as "0" and total
# as "1"? Would my grouping be each pair of months such as Jan-Feb?

Sorry for the confusion. I can't visualize the change.

Mark