Guess et al. (2023) null findings on affective polarization do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's detectable threshold or ef
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abstract: Guess et al. (2023) null findings on affective polarization do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's detectable threshold or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations; absence-of-evidence arguments require specification of minimum detectable effect size.
text: Guess et al. (2023) null findings on affective polarization do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's detectable threshold or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations; absence-of-evidence arguments require specification of minimum detectable effect size.
date created: 2026-05-08T05:24:43.061Z
date published: 2026-05-08T05:24:43.061Z
date modified: 2026-05-08T05:24:43.061Z
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text: Guess et al. (2023) null findings on affective polarization do not rule out algorithmic effects below the study's detectable threshold or effects on non-volunteer subpopulations; absence-of-evidence arguments require specification of minimum detectable effect size.

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text: The study's statistical power was designed to detect effects substantially smaller than the framing's ≥10% bar, but null results do not establish that effects below the threshold do not exist.

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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) recruited volunteers consenting to treatment assignment, introducing volunteer bias that may reduce or mask treatment effects relative to the full population.

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