Proximity can induce diverse friendships: A large randomized classroom experiment
Proximity can induce diverse friendships: A large randomized classroom experiment
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Can outside interventions foster socio-culturally diverse friendships? We executed a large field experiment that randomized the seating charts of 182 3rd through 8th grade classrooms (N = 2,966 students) for the duration of one semester. We found that being seated next to each other increased the probability of a mutual friendship from 15% to 22% o...
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Proximity can induce diverse friendships: A large randomized classroom experiment
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