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rusbusyesterday at 7:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is exciting because the effect size is so large. But as the author's acknowledged, selection bias is nearly impossible to control for in this non-randomized study:

> and lacks randomized controls. Self-selection is the central threat: students who complete more quizzes may be more motivated or higher-performing generally

But this is still a strong result. I'm excited to see more in this space.


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rahimnathwaniyesterday at 7:53 PM

They tried to control for this. It's described in the first paragraph of section 4.

syou1024yesterday at 7:58 PM

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