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optional stopping: a standalone construct

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inflation of the false positive rate when data are tested repeatedly as they accumulate and collection stops once significance is reached.

In statistics, optional stopping refers to inflation of the false positive rate when data are tested repeatedly as they accumulate and collection stops once significance is reached. This meaning comes from Armitage (1969) in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General).[1]

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References

Armitage, P., McPherson, C. K., & Rowe, B. C. (1969). Repeated Significance Tests on Accumulating Data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), 132(2), 235. https://doi.org/10.2307/2343787

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