Is intermediately inspecting statistical data necessarily a bad research practice?

Intermediately inspecting the statistical data of a running experiment is justifiably referred to as a bad research practice. With only a few intermediate inspections, Type I error rates inflate to a multiple of the previously defined critical falpha. On the other hand, there are research areas wher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lang, Albert-Georg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université d'Ottawa 2017-05-01
Series:Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology
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Online Access:http://www.tqmp.org/RegularArticles/vol13-2/p127/p127.pdf