C002 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0007 — AI Cognitive Amplifier
Run	2026-03-20
Claim	C002

Claim as Received¶

O'Boyle and Aguinis won the Personnel Psychology Best Article award for this study.

Claim as Clarified¶

The paper "The Best and the Rest: Revisiting the Norm of Normality of Individual Performance" by O'Boyle and Aguinis (2012), published in Personnel Psychology, received the journal's Best Article of the Year Award.

BLUF¶

Confirmed. The award is documented on Aguinis's official publications page at hermanaguinis.com.

Scope¶

Domain: Academic awards and recognition
Timeframe: 2012 publication, award typically given the following year
Testability: Verifiable via journal records and author's CV

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: H1 prevails — the claim is accurate as stated.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-20
Date completed	2026-03-20
Researcher profile	Not provided
Prompt version	claim v1.0-draft
Revisit by	2028-03-20
Revisit trigger	Unlikely to change — historical fact