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When treating one seller quietly hurts the control seller

A marketplace runs an A/B test: treated sellers get boosted higher in search results, control sellers do not. Treated sellers see more sales, control sellers see fewer, and the team reports a large positive effect from the boost.

Explain why this A/B comparison overstates the true effect, and how you would design the experiment instead.

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This one is open-ended. Work it through, then check your reasoning against the full solution.

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