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The Surprisingness Coeeficient (S): Milgram’s study and big effect sizes
Unexpectedly Big Effect Sizes: The Milgram Study
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The subjective estimates of expected behaviours of others was part of Milgram’s (1963) study of obedience. His sample of observers estimated that an average of 1.2% of participants would use maximum shock on a an unknown subject. Actually, 65% of participants administered maximum shock treatment when ordered to.
The distance between the subjective (expected) estimate and the actual (raw) estimate, has been labeled the surprisingness coefficient (S).
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