McPherson K (1974)

Statistics: the problem of examining accumulating data more than once. New England Journal of Medicine 290(9):501-2. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197402282900907
Commentary from 1974 on the interpretation of “statistical significance” when multiple analyses are done of accumulating data in a clinical trial.

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