Case context: A team is repeatedly changing its algorithm and examining differences on the dev set to measure interim progress. It is not preparing an academic research paper.

Question: Based only on the source, decide whether statistical significance testing should be treated as a routine part of this team's interim-progress workflow and justify your decision.

Sample answer: The team should not treat statistical significance testing as a routine requirement for these interim dev set changes. Although such testing is possible in theory, most teams do not bother with it, and the author usually does not find it useful for measuring interim progress. The stated exception—publishing an academic research paper—does not apply here.

Key points:

• Testing is theoretically possible.
• Most teams do not routinely perform it.
• The case concerns interim progress.
• The author usually finds the test unhelpful for that purpose.
• The team is not publishing an academic research paper.

Rubric: The response should make a clear decision, distinguish theoretical possibility from routine practice, connect the case to interim progress, and note that the academic-publication exception does not apply.