C006 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run	2026-03-19
Claim	C006

Claim as Received¶

Felps, Mitchell, and Byington demonstrated experimentally that a single negative team member reduces team performance by 30-40%.

Claim as Clarified¶

Felps, Mitchell, and Byington demonstrated experimentally that a single negative team member reduces team performance by 30-40%.

BLUF¶

Confirmed. Felps, Mitchell, and Byington (2006) studied 40 groups with planted actors displaying three types of toxic behavior. A single bad apple reduced team performance by 30-40%. The finding has been widely cited and reported.

Scope¶

Domain: Performance and productivity research
Timeframe: As specified in claim
Testability: Verifiable via published literature

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: Claim is accurate as stated — Supported.

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Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-19
Date completed	2026-03-19
Researcher profile	Not provided
Prompt version	Unified Research Standard 1.0-draft
Revisit by	2027-03-19
Revisit trigger	New contradictory evidence or replication failure