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  • Psychology
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Psychologists use ambiguous terms like 'unpredictable' to describe environments over time.
  • This ambiguity leads to inconsistencies in research and difficulties matching constructs with measures.
  • A standardized framework is needed to objectively characterize environmental dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel statistical framework for defining environmental properties over time.
  • To apply this framework to quantify 'unpredictability' in longitudinal data.
  • To explore the relationship between environmental unpredictability and socioeconomic factors.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework integrating theories from biology, anthropology, ecology, and economics.
  • Quantified environmental unpredictability using statistical definitions on 15-year NYC crime rate data.
  • Analyzed correlations between different unpredictability statistics and socioeconomic indicators (unemployment, poverty, education).

Main Results:

  • Unpredictability statistics showed only moderate correlations, indicating context-dependent rankings across regions and scales.
  • Socioeconomic factors were associated with mean crime rates but not with crime rate unpredictability.
  • The framework successfully disentangled different environmental properties.

Conclusions:

  • A statistical approach provides a clearer, more consistent way to describe environmental dynamics than qualitative terms.
  • The choice of statistical definition and spatial scale significantly impacts the measurement of unpredictability.
  • Future research can utilize the provided guide for applying the framework to new datasets.