Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration.

Salganik MJ, Lundberg I, Kindel AT, Ahearn CE, Al-Ghoneim K, Almaatouq A, Altschul DM, Brand JE, Carnegie NB, Compton RJ, Datta D, Davidson T, Filippova A, Gilroy C, Goode BJ, Jahani E, Kashyap R, Kirchner A, McKay S, Morgan AC, Pentland A, Polimis K, Raes L, Rigobon DE, Roberts CV, Stanescu DM, Suhara Y, Usmani A, Wang EH, Adem M, Alhajri A, AlShebli B, Amin R, Amos RB, Argyle LP, Baer-Bositis L, Büchi M, Chung BR, Eggert W, Faletto G, Fan Z, Freese J, Gadgil T, Gagné J, Gao Y, Halpern-Manners A, Hashim SP, Hausen S, He G, Higuera K, Hogan B, Horwitz IM, Hummel LM, Jain N, Jin K, Jurgens D, Kaminski P, Karapetyan A, Kim EH, Leizman B, Liu N, Möser M, Mack AE, Mahajan M, Mandell N, Marahrens H, Mercado-Garcia D, Mocz V, Mueller-Gastell K, Musse A, Niu Q, Nowak W, Omidvar H, Or A, Ouyang K, Pinto KM, Porter E, Porter KE, Qian C, Rauf T, Sargsyan A, Schaffner T, Schnabel L, Schonfeld B, Sender B, Tang JD, Tsurkov E, van Loon A, Varol O, Wang X, Wang Z, Wang J, Wang F, Weissman S, Whitaker K, Wolters MK, Woon WL, Wu J, Wu C, Yang K, Yin J, Zhao B, Zhu C, Brooks-Gunn J, Engelhardt BE, Hardt M, Knox D, Levy K, Narayanan A, Stewart BM, Watts DJ, McLanahan S

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1915006117
Published: 2020 Apr 14
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.1915006117,
  title = {Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration.},
  author = {Salganik MJ and Lundberg I and Kindel AT and Ahearn CE and Al-Ghoneim K and Almaatouq A and Altschul DM and Brand JE and Carnegie NB and Compton RJ and Datta D and Davidson T and Filippova A and Gilroy C and Goode BJ and Jahani E and Kashyap R and Kirchner A and McKay S and Morgan AC and Pentland A and Polimis K and Raes L and Rigobon DE and Roberts CV and Stanescu DM and Suhara Y and Usmani A and Wang EH and Adem M and Alhajri A and AlShebli B and Amin R and Amos RB and Argyle LP and Baer-Bositis L and Büchi M and Chung BR and Eggert W and Faletto G and Fan Z and Freese J and Gadgil T and Gagné J and Gao Y and Halpern-Manners A and Hashim SP and Hausen S and He G and Higuera K and Hogan B and Horwitz IM and Hummel LM and Jain N and Jin K and Jurgens D and Kaminski P and Karapetyan A and Kim EH and Leizman B and Liu N and Möser M and Mack AE and Mahajan M and Mandell N and Marahrens H and Mercado-Garcia D and Mocz V and Mueller-Gastell K and Musse A and Niu Q and Nowak W and Omidvar H and Or A and Ouyang K and Pinto KM and Porter E and Porter KE and Qian C and Rauf T and Sargsyan A and Schaffner T and Schnabel L and Schonfeld B and Sender B and Tang JD and Tsurkov E and van Loon A and Varol O and Wang X and Wang Z and Wang J and Wang F and Weissman S and Whitaker K and Wolters MK and Woon WL and Wu J and Wu C and Yang K and Yin J and Zhao B and Zhu C and Brooks-Gunn J and Engelhardt BE and Hardt M and Knox D and Levy K and Narayanan A and Stewart BM and Watts DJ and McLanahan S},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.1915006117},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915006117}
}

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