Experiment design and analysis is an interesting career avenue for the aspiring statistician/programmer. If you can construct a sound hypothesis test, then you can simultaneously help people and earn cash. Experiments can be complex and costly. If a research institution staff can save money by stopping a test when the results are relatively obvious, it is a good thing for that institution. It may also mean that an effective experimental treatment will be made widely available sooner. You can help facilitate that by building the skill to determine if an “early stop” is the smart move in a research study. There are a few methods to master that can provide that information and one of them is O’Brien-Fleming boundary determination.
The Man with a 7-Second Memory
As part of my neuropsychology studies, I reviewed the case of Clive Wearing. I found his story so interesting that I would like to…