CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM
CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM
Define the evidence base
A structured developmental ontology and written evidence review protocol define how products are described and research is reviewed consistently.
Evidence definition
Build traceable evaluations
The evaluation process links each assessment to its research sources, criteria, and documented reasoning.
Traceable process
Test against a held-out benchmark
Evaluate the system on a reserved set of products, with predictions recorded in advance and success thresholds set before testing.
Testing protocol
Refine and report
Use what testing shows to refine the methods and publish what we learn, including limits.
Reporting protocol
CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM
Developmental ontology
A structured set of developmental domains and product features, defined in writing so different coders describe products the same way.
Structured vocabulary
Evidence review protocol
A step-by-step procedure for locating, screening, and summarizing research, written down in advance.
Review procedure
Source provenance
Each rating records the sources it relies on, so anyone can trace how a conclusion was reached.
Evidence traceability
Held-out benchmark
A reserved set of products, not used during development, used to test whether the system works on new cases.
Testing protocol
Locked predictions
Expected outcomes are recorded before scoring the benchmark, reducing the risk of adjusting results after the fact.
Pre-specified analysis
Pre-set decision thresholds
Success criteria, such as agreement levels between independent coders, are set before testing begins.
Decision criteria
U.S.-based research. Our current research program focuses on products used in the United States. Global Fieldwork & Cultural Intelligence is a separate commercial service.