We recently developed a simple and general sequential sampling method for testing null hypotheses, the independent segments procedure (ISP; Miller & Ulrich, 2021). In this reply, we discuss the comments of Erdfelder and Schnuerch (2021) and Lakens (2021), who consider alternative methods such as the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) and the group sequential design (GSD), respectively. We evaluate the pros and cons of these alternatives and conclude that the ISP does have several advantages over these other methods, especially for psychological research. All of these sequential methods can save research resources because smaller sample sizes are required compared to standard nonsequential methods, so it seems appropriate for researchers to choose from a variety of sequential methods based on the practical requirements of their research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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统计检验中的替代顺序方法：对 Lakens (2021) 和 Erdfelder 和 Schnuerch (2021) 的回复。

我们最近开发了一种简单而通用的顺序抽样方法来测试零假设，即独立分段程序（ISP；Miller & Ulrich，2021）。在此回复中，我们讨论了 Erdfelder 和 Schnuerch (2021) 以及 Lakens (2021) 的评论，他们分别考虑了诸如顺序概率比检验 (SPRT) 和组顺序设计 (GSD) 等替代方法。我们评估了这些替代方案的利弊，并得出结论，ISP 确实比这些其他方法有几个优势，尤其是在心理学研究方面。所有这些序列方法都可以节省研究资源，因为与标准的非序列方法相比，需要的样本量更小，因此研究人员可以根据研究的实际需求从各种序列方法中进行选择。