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I'm not sure how well this will work. Users care about accessing content, not answering surveys.

A user can achieve their goal faster by clicking the top result instead of reading the question. Browser extensions like AdBlock can make the process even 'better' by auto-completing the surveys.

Correcting for these biases is problematic, especially if the user's true answer to the question correlates with things like AdBlock usage or patience.

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It's been too long since I've taken statistics to be sure, but I wonder if you could account for this by randomly placing the options in the top position then comparing the results of when A is on top versus when B is on top?

Yes, that's a very good idea (and actually the one I had in mind when I talked about correcting the bias). The real problem is when avoidance of surveys correlates with one of the survey answers, like "Should we start using micro surveys?".

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