Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration

Matthew J. Salganik; Ian Lundberg; Alexander T. Kindel; Caitlin E. Ahearn; Khaled Al-ghoneim; Abdullah Almaatouq; Drew M. Altschul; Jennie E. Brand; Nicole Bohme Carnegie; Ryan James Compton; Debanjan Datta; Thomas Davidson; Anna Filippova; Connor Gilroy; Brian J. Goode; Eaman Jahani; Ridhi Kashyap; Antje Kirchner; Stephen Mckay; Allison C. Morgan; Alex Pentland; Kivan Polimis; Louis Raes; Daniel E. Rigobon; Claudia V. Roberts; Diana M. Stanescu; Yoshihiko Suhara; Adaner Usmani; Erik H. Wang; Muna Adem; Abdulla Alhajri; Bedoor Alshebli; Redwane Amin; Ryan B. Amos; Lisa P. Argyle; Livia Baer-bositis; Moritz Büchi; Bo-ryehn Chung; William Eggert; Gregory Faletto; Zhilin Fan; Jeremy Freese; Tejomay Gadgil; Josh Gagné; Yue Gao; Andrew Halpern-manners; Sonia P. Hashim; Sonia Hausen; Guanhua He; Kimberly Higuera; Bernie Hogan; Ilana M. Horwitz; Lisa M. Hummel; Naman Jain; Kun Jin; David Jurgens; Patrick Kaminski; Areg Karapetyan; E. H. Kim; Ben Leizman; Naijia Liu; Malte Möser; Andrew E. Mack; Mayank Mahajan; Noah Mandell; Helge Marahrens; Diana Mercado-garcia; Viola Mocz; Katariina Mueller-gastell; Ahmed Musse; Qiankun Niu; William Nowak; Hamidreza Omidvar; Andrew Or; Karen Ouyang; Katy M. Pinto; Ethan Porter; Kristin E. Porter; Crystal Qian; Tamkinat Rauf; Anahit Sargsyan; Thomas Schaffner; Landon Schnabel; Bryan Schonfeld; Ben Sender; Jonathan D. Tang; Emma Tsurkov; Austin Van Loon; Onur Varol; Xiafei Wang; Zhi Wang; Julia Wang; Flora Wang; Samantha Weissman; Kirstie Whitaker; Maria K. Wolters; Wei Lee Woon; James Wu; Catherine Wu; Kengran Yang; Jingwen Yin; Bingyu Zhao; Chenyun Zhu; Jeanne Brooks-gunn; Barbara E. Engelhardt; Moritz Hardt; Dean Knox; Karen Levy; Arvind Narayanan; Brandon M. Stewart; Duncan J. Watts; Sara Mclanahan

doi:10.1073/pnas.1915006117

Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration

Matthew J. Salganik, Ian Lundberg, Alexander T. Kindel, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Khaled Al-ghoneim, Abdullah Almaatouq, Drew M. Altschul, Jennie E. Brand, Nicole Bohme Carnegie, Ryan James Compton, Debanjan Datta, Thomas Davidson, Anna Filippova, Connor Gilroy, Brian J. Goode, Eaman Jahani, Ridhi Kashyap, Antje Kirchner, Stephen Mckay, Allison C. MorganAlex Pentland, Kivan Polimis, Louis Raes, Daniel E. Rigobon, Claudia V. Roberts, Diana M. Stanescu, Yoshihiko Suhara, Adaner Usmani, Erik H. Wang, Muna Adem, Abdulla Alhajri, Bedoor Alshebli, Redwane Amin, Ryan B. Amos, Lisa P. Argyle, Livia Baer-bositis, Moritz Büchi, Bo-ryehn Chung, William Eggert, Gregory Faletto, Zhilin Fan, Jeremy Freese, Tejomay Gadgil, Josh Gagné, Yue Gao, Andrew Halpern-manners, Sonia P. Hashim, Sonia Hausen, Guanhua He, Kimberly Higuera, Bernie Hogan, Ilana M. Horwitz, Lisa M. Hummel, Naman Jain, Kun Jin, David Jurgens, Patrick Kaminski, Areg Karapetyan, E. H. Kim, Ben Leizman, Naijia Liu, Malte Möser, Andrew E. Mack, Mayank Mahajan, Noah Mandell, Helge Marahrens, Diana Mercado-garcia, Viola Mocz, Katariina Mueller-gastell, Ahmed Musse, Qiankun Niu, William Nowak, Hamidreza Omidvar, Andrew Or, Karen Ouyang, Katy M. Pinto, Ethan Porter, Kristin E. Porter, Crystal Qian, Tamkinat Rauf, Anahit Sargsyan, Thomas Schaffner, Landon Schnabel, Bryan Schonfeld, Ben Sender, Jonathan D. Tang, Emma Tsurkov, Austin Van Loon, Onur Varol, Xiafei Wang, Zhi Wang, Julia Wang, Flora Wang, Samantha Weissman, Kirstie Whitaker, Maria K. Wolters, Wei Lee Woon, James Wu, Catherine Wu, Kengran Yang, Jingwen Yin, Bingyu Zhao, Chenyun Zhu, Jeanne Brooks-gunn, Barbara E. Engelhardt, Moritz Hardt, Dean Knox, Karen Levy, Arvind Narayanan, Brandon M. Stewart, Duncan J. Watts, Sara Mclanahan

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8398-8403
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	117
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915006117
State	Published - Apr 14 2020

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Salganik, M. J., Lundberg, I., Kindel, A. T., Ahearn, C. E., Al-ghoneim, K., Almaatouq, A., Altschul, D. M., Brand, J. E., Carnegie, N. B., Compton, R. J., Datta, D., Davidson, T., Filippova, A., Gilroy, C., Goode, B. J., Jahani, E., Kashyap, R., Kirchner, A., Mckay, S., ... Mclanahan, S. (2020). Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(15), 8398-8403. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915006117

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, B, 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 2020, 'Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 117, no. 15, pp. 8398-8403. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915006117

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