Chhandak Bagchi
cbagchi.bsky.social
Chhandak Bagchi
@cbagchi.bsky.social
CS PhD student at UMass Amherst.

ML and computational social science.

people.umass.edu/cbagchi
We find stronger social influence in CS than physics, supported by:
3. Greater variance in relative effect sizes for CS — prior works suggest that social influence leads to more randomness in rankings of items in digital platforms due to snowballing effects.
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We find stronger social influence in CS than physics, supported by:
2. Increasing treatment effects over time for CS (esp. tweeting & early ArXiv)
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Interestingly, we find evidence of stronger social influence in CS than physics, supported by:
1. Higher relative ATE in CS across all interventions
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM