But-you-are-free
Fillon first author. A preregistered meta-analysis of the "but you are free" compliance technique pooled 52 experiments, 19,528 participants and 74 effect sizes, giving an overall effect of about 0.44 in standard-deviation units, with face-to-face interaction stronger than other modalities and no other moderator significant. Only seven studies were rated low risk of bias, and restricted to those seven the effect was 0.11, with a confidence interval crossing zero.
Fillon first author. A preregistered meta-analysis of the "but you are free" compliance technique pooled 52 experiments, 19,528 participants and 74 effect sizes, giving an overall effect of about 0.44 in standard-deviation units, with face-to-face interaction stronger than other modalities and no other moderator significant. Only seven studies were rated low risk of bias, and restricted to those seven the effect was 0.11, with a confidence interval crossing zero.
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