Wikhypothesis
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Wikhypothesis
[edit]Whereas Wikipedia is a repository of facts, Wikhypothesis is a repository of hypotheses about how to change outcomes and all relevant evidence for said hypotheses. Thus, Wikhypothesis could serve as the backbone for a metaanalysis of any hypothesis humans care to consider by becoming an extremely concise metajournal of all human knowledge and knowledge acquisition.
Some example hypotheses:
Does a change in X | have a significant impact upon Y? |
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Newborn sleep position (front vs back) | Newborn's morbidity and mortality rate? |
Tax advantages of a Roth IRA in the United States | Gross household savings in the United States? |
Quantity of lye-based drain clog remover used per year | Lifetime depreciation of the relevant plumbing? |
Quantity of biological children | Female politician's probability of winning an election in the Nordic nations? |
Population size of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) [1] | Dollar value of downstream flood damage? |
See Sample Wikhypothesis page below
Goals of Wikhypothesis
[edit]The five areas of focus illuminated for any possible hypothesis would be:
- Methods
- Models
- Mechanisms
- Conclusions
- User Experience
Methods
[edit]Which methods were used to acquire data and/or conduct study?
- Neutrality: This project is neutral as to methods and simply reports any method and any limitation without value judgement. For each hypothesis page, only coded elements in the table receive a reference. While there may be 1,000 methods to knowledge, each page does not need to list them all.
Models
[edit]Which mathematical, analytic, conceptual models were used to organize and analyze the data?
Mechanisms
[edit]What is the proposed mechanism of action, how does X -> Y?
Conclusions
[edit]What is the basic outcome of the study: to accept or reject the hypothesis?
User Experience
[edit]How to make Wikhypothesis work for users?
- Summary: Wikhypothesis must offer a metanalysis of all the evidence for and against each hypothesis in order to quickly help the user decide on their own confidence that the hypothesis is, or is not, true.
- Filtering: Wikhypothesis should introduce a filtering function for each column. Suppose you wanted to see only the studies using methods "a" or "m," you should be able to filter out the rest.
Sample Wikhypothesis page
[edit]- Daily Intake of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor XYZ --> Symptoms of Clinical Depression?
Summary: The Hypothesis is Very Likely True
[edit]Study | Year | Source | Funding | Methods | Models of Analysis | Conclusion | Limitations | Proposed Mechanisms | ?? |
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Study 1 | 2013 | Nature | NIH | a, m | c, e | Yes | c, f2 | Chemical: neurons | Example |
Study 2 | 2011 | Lancet | OECD | META | a, c, e, f, m, n, o | No | x, j19 | Chemical: neurons; Publishing bias | Example |
Study 3 | 2010 | JONEM | NIH | a, e, m | c, e, f | Yes | c, f2, p3 | Chemical: neurons | Example |
Study 4 | 2009 | Unpublished | ?? | a | h | None | c | Chemical: neurons | Example |
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