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Methods of Evolutionary Sciences

2015· other· en· W4238013226 on OpenAlexaff
Jeffry A. Simpson, Lorne Campbell

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typeother
Languageen
FieldPsychology
TopicEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Canadian institutionsWestern University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsTheme (computing)Test (biology)PsychologyOutcome (game theory)Management scienceComputer scienceData scienceEcologyMathematicsBiologyEngineering

Abstract

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Abstract This chapter covers fundamental principles and concepts that have anchored research methods in the social and behavioral sciences for decades. It hasthree overarching themes. The first theme is that,in order to provide stronger and more definitive tests of theories, multiple research methods and outcome measures must be used to test alternate models within ongoing programs of evolutionary research. The second theme is that there has been an overreliance on certain research methods (e.g., correlational approaches) and certain measures (e.g., self‐reports) that has,at times, impeded the rigorous testing of certain evolutionary‐based phenomena or has not allowed investigators to determine whether the results predicted by evolutionary theories fit observed data better than competing theories. The third organizing theme is the need to test and provide better evidence for the “special design” properties of psychological adaptations. A multimethod/multimeasure approach can help researchers provide better and stronger evidence for the “special design” features of certain evolved traits, behaviors, or characteristics in humans.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.012
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.035
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.034
Threshold uncertainty score0.112

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0120.035
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0040.003
Science and technology studies0.0020.005
Scholarly communication0.0050.004
Open science0.0030.005
Research integrity0.0020.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0340.006

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.135
GPT teacher head0.493
Teacher spread0.358 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2015
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