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The idea
The authors compare proposal win rates in a sample with the rates for all participants in the study. They use the squared Pearson correlation, a statistical score for how closely two sets of values follow the same pattern. The authors treat a value of 100% as identical win-rate patterns.
Place in the reasoning
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Defines a squared-correlation measure for matching sample and full-sample proposal win-rate patterns; it does not establish individual-level or population-level representation.
Consistent study results may not reflect the wider public
The measure concerns aggregate choices within the study sample, not population representativeness or missing-response accuracy.
Different prediction checks reveal different limits
It specifies a measure used to assess reproduced group preference patterns, with the stated limits on what that measure shows.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
The authors calculate a statistical score for how closely win rates from a sample and from all participants follow the same pattern. They square that score and describe 100% as identical win rates.
Why it matters
This gives one score for similarity in proposal win rates, but does not measure every kind of representativeness.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: The full readable text of the 37-page research draft, including references and appendices. Figures are not independently interpreted. This describes the study’s chosen measure of similarity. A high score on this measure concerns the pattern of proposal win rates; it does not by itself establish that every individual’s choices or every other feature of the group is represented.
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