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Stop Calling the First Significant Day a Win

August 11, 2026

Checking an A/B test until it crosses p < 0.05 can turn a nominal 5 percent false-positive rate into almost 28 percent. I use a seeded simulation to show how large the damage gets and compare the fixes that keep early stopping honest.

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