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timelets ([personal profile] timelets) wrote2018-07-29 02:25 pm
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Natural experiment: results

Outline of the experiment:
https://timelets.dreamwidth.org/883301.html
Lucky for me, the number of comments >100 and the number of participants >20.

Relevant links:
1) https://www.lawfareblog.com/pretrial-detention-hearing-summary-united-states-v-butina
2) https://www.lawfareblog.com/no-mariia-butina-wasnt-charged-violating-fara

My ex ante estimate for attempts to provide a non-biased answer - 5%. Null hypothesis - 33% (equally distributed bias for; against; neutral).

Results:
Number of unique participants - 21;
Attempts at a non-biased legal answer - 1.
Actual probability = 4.7%

Outcome:
As predicted, in a politicized journal politically neutral relevant answers are rare and overwhelmingly rejected. An instance of Danning-Kruger effect confirmed.