Aug. 24, 2022, 2:42 p.m. | Qike (Max) Li

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Peek and conclude experiments adaptively without inflating the false-positive rate

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Do you estimate the effect size and calculate the sample size before running your A/B test? Do you check the p-value only once when you conclude the A/B test? When the p-value is 5.1% (0.1% higher than the threshold 5%) and the pre-calculated sample size has been reached, instead of running the experiment longer, do you stop the experiment and conclude that …

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