76% of surveyed social scientists would use AI for power analysis or pilot tests
RobbWiller · x · 2026-07-23
The survey suggests social scientists would mainly use validated LLM tools for a few concrete tasks.
- 76% said they would be at least 50% likely to use AI for one or more purposes.
- The most attractive uses were power analysis, intervention selection, pilot testing, and replication triage.
- The chart shows power analysis and promising-intervention identification as the strongest use cases.
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