R0007/2026-03-19/C003/S01
WebSearch — Aguinis 2014/2016 heavy tails 229 samples 82.5%
Summary
| Field |
Value |
| Source/Database |
WebSearch |
| Query terms |
Aguinis 2014 "Star Performers" 82.5 percent 229 samples heavy tails |
| Filters |
None |
| Results returned |
10 |
| Results selected |
3 |
| Results rejected |
7 |
Selected Results
| Result |
Title |
URL |
Rationale |
| S01-R01 |
Conductors and Insulators (2016 PDF) |
http://ww.hermanaguinis.com/pdf/PPsych2016a.pdf |
Contains the 229 samples statistic |
| S01-R02 |
Star Performers (2014 Wiley) |
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/peps.12054 |
The 2014 paper cited in the claim |
| S01-R03 |
Star Performers (2014 PDF via Gwern) |
https://gwern.net/doc/economics/2014-anguinis.pdf |
PDF of the 2014 paper |
Rejected Results
| Result |
Title |
URL |
Rationale |
| S01-R04 |
ResearchGate - Cumulative Advantage |
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267831027 |
Duplicate reference |
| S01-R05 |
Semantic Scholar - O'Boyle Aguinis 2012 |
https://www.semanticscholar.org/ |
Different paper (2012) |
| S01-R06 |
PsycNET entry |
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-13853-001 |
Metadata only, no new info |
| S01-R07 |
Heavy tails in entrepreneurship |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352673423000768 |
Different topic |
| S01-R08 |
Team Performance paper |
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2022.1619 |
Different paper |
| S01-R09 |
Scientometrics paper |
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-016-2072-5 |
Different paper |
| S01-R10 |
Ernest O'Boyle Google Scholar |
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zOyJDggAAAAJ |
Profile page, no specifics |
Notes
The 229 samples/82.53% statistic consistently maps to the 2016 paper, not the 2014 paper.