Groups that deliberate reach noisier and more extreme verdicts than the median of the same people judging alone: 27% of mock juries set an award at or above their harshest member's.

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  Looking at the same case, deliberating juries were far noisier than statistical juries, a clear reflection of social influence noise. Deliberation had the effect of increasing noise.

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  Indeed, 27% of juries chose an award as high as, or even higher than, that of their most severe member.

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  As a result, deliberating groups tend to be noisier than statistical groups that merely average individual judgments.

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