ROBYN DAWES INSTITUTE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SCIENCE
EIN 33-4367909 · Science & Technology N.E.C. (U99)
What they do
In Its First Year of Operations, The Robyn Dawes Institute for The Improvement of Science Developed and Launched Evidence.Guide, An AI-powered API That Extracts Structured Data From Scientific Researchpapers. The Tool Converts PDFs Into Machine-readable JSON Containing Study Hypotheses, Sample Sizes,test Statistics, and P-values Which is Data Essential for Meta-analysis and Research Quality Assessment. We Validated The System Against A Benchmark of 297 Peer-reviewed Psychology Papers Containing 827statistical Tests. The Validation Study Demonstrated 92.4% Functional Accuracy In Extracting Statistical Hypotheses and P-values, With 100% Accuracy In Identifying Focal Hypotheses - Performance That Meetsbor Exceeds Typical Human Inter-rater Reliability. The Institute Assembled An Advisory Board of Leading Reproducibility Researchers Including Uri Simonsohn (ESADE), Leif Nelson (UC Berkeley), Simine Vazire (Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science), and Stuart Buck (Good Science Project). We
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (4)
BEN LOWENSTEINSECRETARY/DIRECTOR
DON MOORETREASURER/DIRECTOR
LILY JAMPOLVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
PAUL LITVAKPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- 3015 SAN PABLO AVE APT 502, BERKELEY, CA 94702-2496
- County
- Alameda
- In care of
- Paul Litvak
- Primary officer
- Paul Litvak, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- TAX EXEMPT 501C3 LLC
- NTEE classification
- Science & Technology N.E.C. (U99)
- IRS tax category
- Science & Technology N.E.C.