experiment-design-checklist
Experiment Design Checklist
Prevent the "I ran experiments for 3 months and they're meaningless" disaster through rigorous upfront design.
The Core Principle
Before running ANY experiment, you should be able to answer:
- What specific claim will this experiment support or refute?
- What would convince a skeptical reviewer?
- What could go wrong that would invalidate the results?
Process
Step 1: State the Hypothesis Precisely
Convert your research question into falsifiable predictions:
Template:
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