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		Discrete p-Value Combination Tests // Provides tools for
		performing p-value combination tests with discrete input
		p-values. These tests combine significance evidence derived
		from independent discrete statistics to test a global null
		hypothesis, which is defined by the specified null
		distribution(s) of these discrete statistics. The testing
		procedure involves two main steps: (1) Wasserstein Adjustment:
		Each component of the combination statistic is replaced by an
		adjusted Z statistic. This adjustment, based on the minimum
		Wasserstein distance, preserves the discrete nature of the
		original statistics while better aligning them with their
		counterparts under continuity. (2) Calculation of the
		Significance of the Combination Statistic: A continuous
		distribution that optimally matches the discrete distribution
		of the combination statistic is obtained, and the testing
		p-value for the global null hypothesis is computed. The first
		step is analogous to Lancaster's approach but is generalized
		based on Wasserstein optimization. The second step allows for
		asymptotic control of Type I error with higher statistical
		power. The package implements several p-value combination
		methods, including Fishers, Pearsons, Georges, Stouffers, and
		Edgingtons methods. The individual tests to be combined can be
		right-sided, left-sided, or two-sided, and can be based on
		binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, noncentral hypergeometric,
		negative binomial, or geometric distributions, or a mixture of
		them. The underlying methodology and its foundations are
		described in the following references: Contador, Gonzalo and
		Wu, Zheyang (2025). A minimum Wasserstein distance approach to
		Fisher's combination of independent, discrete p-values.
		Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 52(3), 1281-1300.
		doi:10.1111/sjos.12787 Contador, Gonzalo and Wu, Zheyang
		(2026). Optimal Adjustment and Combination of Independent
		Discrete p-Values. Under revision at the Journal of
		Computational and Graphical Statistics.
		doi:10.48550/arXiv.2508.02647 Lancaster, HO (1949). The
		combination of probabilities arising from data in discrete
		distributions. Biometrika, 36(3/4), 370-382.
		doi:10.1093/biomet/36.3-4.370.
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