R0007/2026-03-20/C001/SRC01/E01

Research	R0007 — AI Cognitive Amplifier
Run	2026-03-20
Claim	C001
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Factual

Study parameters confirmed from paper abstract and metadata

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01239.x

Extract

The paper abstract states: "We conducted 5 studies involving 198 samples including 633,263 researchers, entertainers, politicians, and amateur and professional athletes." Results "indicate that individual performance is not normally distributed—instead, it follows a Paretian (power law) distribution." Published in Personnel Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 1, pages 79-119, Spring 2012.

Relevance to Hypotheses

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Strongly confirms study parameters and core finding
H2	Supports	Confirms study parameters portion of the claim
H3	Contradicts	Directly contradicts the claim being materially wrong

Context

These figures are from the published abstract, making them highly reliable bibliographic facts. The four occupational categories match the claim exactly.

Notes

The number 633,263 vs. some sources citing 632,599 may reflect different editions or counting methods, but the order of magnitude and the claim's figure are consistent with the published abstract.