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Evidence (8974 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 882 244 117 1097 2424
Governance & Regulation 1010 469 229 135 1875
Organizational Efficiency 977 235 149 90 1462
Technology Adoption Rate 781 299 143 128 1362
Research Productivity 506 155 74 363 1110
Output Quality 555 219 71 70 915
Decision Quality 395 200 95 54 751
Firm Productivity 523 67 101 27 724
AI Safety & Ethics 262 309 75 36 688
Market Structure 195 201 135 30 566
Task Allocation 248 77 96 38 464
Innovation Output 300 34 55 20 411
Skill Acquisition 207 75 65 21 368
Employment Level 138 67 119 24 350
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 156 80 53 33 329
Task Completion Time 211 38 13 16 280
Firm Revenue 183 52 29 5 270
Consumer Welfare 131 77 48 13 269
Inequality Measures 50 141 54 9 254
Worker Satisfaction 104 85 25 13 227
Error Rate 87 112 11 5 215
Automation Exposure 69 69 37 20 198
Wages & Compensation 102 49 31 11 193
Team Performance 115 30 30 11 187
Regulatory Compliance 88 74 17 7 186
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 116 21 15 8 161
Job Displacement 12 92 26 1 131
Hiring & Recruitment 57 12 9 5 83
Skill Obsolescence 6 59 10 2 77
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 23 17 1 59
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
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This study provides the first cross-class synthesis covering raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods within a unified evaluative framework, positioning machine learning and deep reinforcement learning methods alongside classical policy families and quantifying the boundary conditions for each approach.
Author-stated theoretical contribution and scope of the review (coverage of raw materials, WIP, finished goods and methods).
high null result Equitable railway corridor investment under demand uncertain... breadth and novelty of synthesis across inventory classes and methods
A random-effects model estimated by restricted maximum likelihood was applied to pool percentage cost-reduction effect sizes across 18 studies admissible to quantitative synthesis.
Methods reported in the paper: random-effects meta-analysis using REML across 18 studies eligible for quantitative pooling.
high null result Equitable railway corridor investment under demand uncertain... pooled percentage cost-reduction effect sizes
A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of 31 peer-reviewed studies published between 2004 and 2025 was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 protocol.
Study methods reported in the paper: systematic review following PRISMA 2020; sample of 31 peer-reviewed studies dated 2004–2025.
high null result Equitable railway corridor investment under demand uncertain... number and coverage of studies included in the review
The study uses PyQu to quantify changes across five quality attributes for Python code.
Methodological description: application of PyQu (an ML-based quality assessment tool for Python) to measure five quality attributes before and after refactoring edits.
high null result Quality and Security Signals in AI-Generated Python Refactor... five PyQu quality attributes (measured by the tool)
From the observed diffs, we derive a taxonomy of 24 recurring change operations.
Manual/automated analysis of diffs from the studied agentic refactoring PRs to identify and categorize recurring change operations into a 24-item taxonomy.
high null result Quality and Security Signals in AI-Generated Python Refactor... count and categorization of recurring change operations present in diffs
We will release the reanalysis pipeline to support replication.
Authors' statement of intent in the paper to release code/pipeline for replication.
high null result When Skills Don't Help: A Negative Result on Procedural Know... availability of reanalysis pipeline (planned release)
In offensive cybersecurity, the marginal benefit of Skills collapses: the spread between the no-Skills and full-Skills conditions is only 8.9 percentage points (p = 0.71, χ²; p = 0.25, Cochran–Armitage trend test; five of six pairwise Cohen's h values fall below the 0.2 small-effect threshold).
Statistical re-analysis of the 180-run CTF study comparing no-Skills vs full-Skills conditions: reported spread = 8.9 percentage points; reported p-values from χ² and Cochran–Armitage trend tests; reported Cohen's h comparisons.
high null result When Skills Don't Help: A Negative Result on Procedural Know... task pass rate (success rate) in Capture-the-Flag offensive cybersecurity tasks
Those four documentation conditions correspond almost exactly to a No-Skills, Experiential-Skills, Curated-Skills, and Comprehensive-Skills ablation.
Authors map the four documentation-line-count conditions from the re-analyzed study to skill-ablation categories (No/Experiential/Curated/Comprehensive) as part of their interpretive re-analysis.
high null result When Skills Don't Help: A Negative Result on Procedural Know... mapping of documentation richness to Skill-ablation categories
We re-analyze a recently published 180-run controlled study of an MCP-grounded autonomous Capture-the-Flag (CTF) agent under four documentation conditions (55, 1,478, 1,976, and 4,147 lines).
Authors' re-analysis of an existing controlled study consisting of 180 runs and four documentation conditions with the stated line counts; this is a descriptive claim about the re-analysis dataset and experimental conditions.
high null result When Skills Don't Help: A Negative Result on Procedural Know... reanalysis dataset size and documentation-condition line counts
Across 660 trials with Claude Code, code cleanliness does not change the agent's pass rate.
Empirical evaluation: 660 trials run using Claude Code on the minimal-pair repos with hidden tests; reported comparison of pass rates between clean and messy repo variants showing no change.
high null result Does Code Cleanliness Affect Coding Agents? A Controlled Min... pass rate (task success on hidden tests)
Each output is scored with a unified rubric covering task completion, correctness, compliance, and clarity.
Measurement approach stated in the abstract (unified rubric with listed dimensions).
The study uses three LLM systems: ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok.
Method description in the paper's abstract naming the three LLMs evaluated.
The evaluation covers four task types: summarization, planning, explanation, and coding.
Method description in the paper's abstract listing the four task types used for evaluation.
The study compares three prompt conditions: a raw prompt, a checklist-improved prompt, and a clarifying-question prompt.
Experimental design described in the paper (three prompt conditions stated in the abstract).
high null result Less Back-and-Forth: A Comparative Study of Structured Promp... experimental_condition
Large language models (LLMs) are widely used for open-ended tasks.
Stated as background/context in the paper's introduction; no quantitative data reported in the abstract.
high null result Less Back-and-Forth: A Comparative Study of Structured Promp... use_of_llms_for_open_ended_tasks
We conduct extensive experiments on public datasets, in simulated auction environments, and through large-scale online deployment on Taobao.
Statement of experimental methodology describing the types of evaluations performed (public datasets, simulated auctions, and online deployment).
high null result Generative Auto-Bidding with Unified Modeling and Exploratio... scope and environments of experiments (public datasets, simulations, live deploy...
Reported empirical values are transformed through transparent indicators such as relative growth, CAGR, growth multipliers, stock-flow ratios, concentration ratios, and HHI.
Methodological description and application in the paper listing these specific indicators used to summarize public data on AI investment, adoption, robots, compute, and labour-market reallocation.
high null result The Agentic Economy: Humans, AI Agents, Robots, and the Meas... data transformation / indicator usage
The study uses a conceptual-empirical quantitative diagnostic design rather than a causal econometric model.
Explicit methodological statement in the paper describing the design choice and rejecting causal econometric modeling in favor of diagnostics using public institutional data and transparent indicators.
high null result The Agentic Economy: Humans, AI Agents, Robots, and the Meas... study methodology (diagnostic vs causal modeling)
The agentic economy is not yet a completed global order, but its transition pressure is measurable enough to require a distinct economic vocabulary, reproducible diagnostics, and future sector-level measurement.
Synthesis of diagnostic indicators (AI investment/adoption trends, robot stock, compute-energy coupling, labour reallocation measures) showing measurable transition pressures; conclusion drawn from the conceptual-empirical diagnostic.
high null result The Agentic Economy: Humans, AI Agents, Robots, and the Meas... degree of completion of 'agentic economy' transition / measurability of transiti...
Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, searches across Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and CNKI yielded 1,562 initial records, of which 21 studies published between 2019 and 2026 met inclusion criteria.
Methodological description of the systematic literature review reported in the paper: initial records = 1,562; included studies = 21; publication years 2019–2026.
high null result Application of Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Man... number of records screened and studies included
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute over 98.5% of businesses in many economies including China.
Descriptive statistic reported in the paper's background/intro; source of the statistic not specified within the summary provided.
high null result Application of Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Man... share of businesses that are SMEs
This study analyzes developments through April 2026.
Explicit timeframe statement in the paper's summary/introduction.
high null result AI for Auto-Research: Roadmap & User Guide temporal coverage of the review/analysis
The authors provide source code for their framework on GitHub to encourage further research.
Statement in the paper that the source code is available on GitHub; verifiable by visiting the repository (link not provided in the excerpt).
high null result Modelling Customer Trajectories with Reinforcement Learning ... availability of implementation/source code
Heuristics such as TSP and PNN are commonly used as inexpensive approximations for customer trajectories.
Descriptive claim about common practice cited in the paper; used as motivation for proposing the RL approach (no quantitative survey evidence provided in the excerpt).
high null result Modelling Customer Trajectories with Reinforcement Learning ... use of heuristic methods (TSP, PNN) for trajectory approximation
We conducted a randomized controlled experiment in which participants—analogs of early-career knowledge workers—were assigned to self-study a technical domain using either traditional resources or large-language-model (LLM) assistance.
Statement of experimental design in the paper (randomized controlled experiment assigning participants to either traditional resources or LLM assistance; participants described as analogs of early-career knowledge workers).
high null result Generative AI and the Productivity Divide: Human-AI Compleme... experimental assignment / study design (treatment vs control)
Behavioral findings from any single framework therefore warrant cross-configuration validation before being claimed as general.
Prescriptive conclusion derived from the observed cross-configuration heterogeneity in the paper's empirical results.
high null result Same Signal, Different Semantics: A Cross-Framework Behavior... validity/generalizability of behavioral findings across agent configurations
Framework identity accounts for more of the between-configuration variation than LLM family: for mean turns, framework explains 64% of the between-configuration variance against the LLM's 10%.
Variance decomposition / explained-variance analysis reported for 'mean turns' across configurations (reported percentages: 64% vs 10%).
high null result Same Signal, Different Semantics: A Cross-Framework Behavior... mean turns (average number of turns per task)
The analysis separates framework effects from LLM effects by holding each layer fixed in turn and measures one behavior–outcome effect per configuration to examine agreement across configurations.
Methods description in the paper: experimental design holding LLM or framework fixed to disentangle effects.
high null result Same Signal, Different Semantics: A Cross-Framework Behavior... behavior–outcome effects per configuration (methodological approach)
This study analyzes 64,380 SWE-bench runs from 126 agent configurations spanning 43 frameworks, where each configuration pairs an LLM with a framework supplying tools and workflow.
Dataset and experimental design reported in the paper: 64,380 runs; 126 configurations; 43 frameworks.
high null result Same Signal, Different Semantics: A Cross-Framework Behavior... number of benchmark runs / experimental scale
The formal semantics and proof-checked admission model are specified and under active development, with evaluation of the verified core reserved for future work.
Author statement in the paper about the current development status and that evaluation of the verified core is deferred to future work.
high null result GraphFlow: An Architecture for Formally Verifiable Visual Wo... development status and lack of current evaluation
Reward is non-positive in the CybORG CAGE-2 environment, so all configurations operate in a failure-mitigation mode.
Environment specification reported in the paper (CybORG CAGE-2 modeled as a POMDP with non-positive reward structure).
high null result Context, Reasoning, and Hierarchy: A Cost-Performance Study ... sign and interpretation of reward
The evaluation spanned five model families, six models, and twelve configurations, totaling 3,475 episodes with token-level cost accounting.
Methods description in the paper reporting the experimental design and sample counts.
high null result Context, Reasoning, and Hierarchy: A Cost-Performance Study ... study scope (models, configurations, episodes)
These factors evolve over time, have inter-dependencies across multiple resource dimensions, and generally do not lend themselves to closed-form analysis.
Methodological observation motivating simulation/sequence-based evaluation; asserted in the paper's rationale.
high null result Designing Datacenter Power Delivery Hierarchies for the AI E... tractability of closed-form analysis for power delivery design
The study used a structured questionnaire (five-point Likert) administered to employees in AI-enabled organizations across various sectors and analyzed the data using SPSS (descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis).
Methods section summary provided in the paper (survey instrument description and analytical techniques).
high null result Opportunities and Challenges of Human- AI Collaboration in W... methodological approach / data collection and analysis procedures
We evaluate PRISM across 35 enterprise conversational agents over a three-week deployment period on the Yellow.ai V3 platform.
Statement in abstract: evaluation across 35 agents over a three-week deployment on Yellow.ai V3 platform (empirical deployment described).
high null result PRISM: Prompt Reliability via Iterative Simulation and Monit... deployment evaluation sample and duration
The study investigates the non-linear impact of AI on economic growth in 19 G20 countries (2005–2023) using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) with both linear and quadratic models.
Methodological description provided in the paper: panel dataset covering 19 G20 countries over 2005–2023 and estimation via GMM with linear and quadratic specifications.
IIQ is positioned as a deployment-oriented measurement framework: a formal proposal for tracking AI embedding in workflows, not a direct measure of model capability or a substitute for causal productivity evaluation.
Explicit positioning statement in paper: authors state scope and limits of IIQ as deployment/usage metric rather than capability or causal productivity estimator (conceptual/positioning).
high null result Intelligence Impact Quotient (IIQ): A Framework for Measurin... scope/limitations (not measuring model capability or causal productivity)
The study uses World Bank Enterprise Survey firm-level data from 2007 to 2024 and employs feasible generalized least squares (FGLS), robust ordinary least squares (OLS), and high-dimensional fixed effects (HDFE) linear regression techniques.
Direct methodological statement in the paper's abstract/summary. This is a descriptive factual claim about data and methods.
high null result Estimation of Firm Labour Productivity and Sales Growth from... data source and econometric methods
AI deployment has limited effects on retrial rates.
Same randomized field experiment; retrial rates (repeat customer contacts) were measured and reported as showing limited/no substantive change under AI deployment.
high null result Agentic AI and Human-in-the-Loop Interventions: Field Experi... retrial rates (repeat contact rate)
The findings are based on India-focused samples.
Paper explicitly notes the sample/context is India-focused.
high null result Enhancing Forensic Accounting Practice: A Proactive Risk Man... geographic scope of sample
PRIF was developed and validated using mixed-method design: interviews with 30 risk advisors, case studies, and analysis of 30 forensic reports, with validation via thematic coding, risk metrics, and Delphi panel refinement.
Reported methods in the paper: mixed-method design including 30 risk advisor interviews and analysis of 30 forensic reports; validation methods named (thematic coding, risk metrics, Delphi panel).
high null result Enhancing Forensic Accounting Practice: A Proactive Risk Man... methodological validation and sample description
The overall impact of prompt design on readability remains limited.
Reported results from prompt-dimension experiments indicating that while some prompt elements influence readability, the aggregate effect size of prompt engineering on overall readability was limited.
high null result The Readability Spectrum: Patterns, Issues, and Prompt Effec... overall_effect_of_prompt_design_on_readability
Current LLMs produce code with overall readability comparable to human-written code.
Comparison of readability scores (from the paper's readability model) between LLM-generated code and human-written code across 5,869 scenarios; reported summary conclusion that overall readability is comparable.
high null result The Readability Spectrum: Patterns, Issues, and Prompt Effec... code_readability (overall/readability score)
The analysis proceeded through within-case coding and cross-case pattern matching across five dimensions: intelligence source, AI mechanism, decision domain, economic implication, and boundary condition.
Method section describing coding and analytical procedures applied to the archival corpus across the four cases.
high null result Artificial Intelligence Enabled Competitive Intelligence as ... analytic method (coding and cross-case pattern matching across specified dimensi...
The empirical corpus comprises annual reports, 10-K filings, earnings releases, and official corporate materials published mainly between 2024 and 2026, complemented by recent peer-reviewed literature.
Paper's data description listing document types and time window for archival evidence; number of documents not enumerated.
high null result Artificial Intelligence Enabled Competitive Intelligence as ... composition and timeframe of empirical corpus (document types and years)
The study adopts a qualitative comparative multiple-case design using four theoretically sampled cases: Walmart, Unilever, Sprinklr, and DoubleVerify.
Methodological statement in the paper describing case selection and study design.
high null result Artificial Intelligence Enabled Competitive Intelligence as ... study design and sample (case selection)
The study includes Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis of 5 million consumer contacts.
Methodological statement in the paper specifying the NLP data volume.
high null result Augmented Intelligence: Resolving the AI integration-obsoles... methodological sample (NLP consumer contacts)
The study includes surveys of 800 marketers.
Methodological statement in the paper specifying the survey sample size.
high null result Augmented Intelligence: Resolving the AI integration-obsoles... methodological sample (marketer survey)
The study includes AI adoption audits from 120 organizations.
Methodological statement in the paper specifying the audits sample size.
high null result Augmented Intelligence: Resolving the AI integration-obsoles... methodological sample (AI adoption audits)
LLM-generated solutions contain roughly the same number of ideas as participant-generated solutions.
Comparative analysis of idea counts within solutions reported in the paper; phrased as 'roughly the same number of ideas' (no numeric effect size provided in the abstract).
high null result "Like Taking the Path of Least Resistance": Exploring the Im... number of ideas per solution