‘The “But you are free…” (BYAF) technique is a technique to increase compliance (for example, to give spare change for the bus), by adding the words “But you are free to accept or refuse” to the request. In this pre-registered meta-analysis, we examine the effect of the BYAF technique in 52 experiments (N = 19528). An analysis of 74 effect sizes showed a medium effect (g = 0.44, 95% confidence intervals (CI) [0.36, 0.51]) for the BYAF technique. […] An examination of risk of bias showed that only seven studies were of “low risk”, and a meta-analysis of these studies showed no effect of the BYAF (g = 0.11, 95% CI [-0.18, 0.40]).’
References
Fillon, A. A., Souchet, L., Pascual, A., & Girandola, F. (2023). The effectiveness of the “But-you-are-free” technique: Meta-analysis and re-examination of the technique. Meta-Psychology, 7, MP.2020.2640.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2024, September 11). You are free to believe this meta-analysis if you want [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/you-are-free-to-believe-this-meta-analysis-if-you-want/
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