Guess et al. (2023) null findings do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's minimum detectable effect size or effects on non-vol
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abstract: Guess et al. (2023) null findings do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's minimum detectable effect size or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations with different baseline polarization levels.
text: Guess et al. (2023) null findings do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's minimum detectable effect size or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations with different baseline polarization levels.
date created: 2026-05-08T05:28:56.728Z
date published: 2026-05-08T05:28:56.728Z
date modified: 2026-05-08T05:28:56.728Z
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is part of: Deliberation
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text: Guess et al. (2023) null findings do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's minimum detectable effect size or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations with different baseline polarization levels.

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text: Absence-of-evidence arguments require specification of the minimum detectable effect size and acknowledgment that non-detection does not prove absence, particularly when volunteer bias may suppress effects.

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text: Guess et al. (2023) conducted a large field experiment with consenting volunteers, introducing volunteer bias that may reduce or mask treatment effects relative to the full population.

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text: The framing's ≥10% bar requires evidence that effects do not reach that threshold; null results in volunteer samples do not establish this across the full population.

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