Subject: [AUDITORY] Reminder: Speed Sound Finding Experiment From: Holger Mitterer <holgermitterer@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:40:46 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--1365045592-1057129612-1371912046=:60771 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable probably many readers caught this, but just to make sure:=0AThe reminder fo= r the speech sound finding experiment contained a somewhat questionable phr= ase:=0A=0A> We are missing a few participants to reach statistical signific= ance so=0A> please consider giving it a try:=0A=0AStopping data collection = when an effect becomes significant is a very problematic research strategy,= =0Asee the paper by Simmons et al. in PsychScience (http://pss.sagepub.com/= content/22/11/1359.abstract). --1365045592-1057129612-1371912046=:60771 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ta= homa, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>probably many readers cau= ght this, but just to make sure:</div><div>The reminder for the speech soun= d finding experiment contained a somewhat questionable phrase:</div><div st= yle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,t= imes,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><= div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new = york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">> = We are missing a few participants to reach statistical significance so<br>&= gt; please consider giving it a try:</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)= ; font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-col= or: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0,= 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Stopping data collecti= on when an effect becomes significant is a very problematic research strate= gy,</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: t= ahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norm= al;">see the paper by Simmons et al. in PsychScience (http://pss.sagepub.co= m/content/22/11/1359.abstract).</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fon= t-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: t= ransparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0= ); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-co= lor: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div></div></body></html> --1365045592-1057129612-1371912046=:60771--