Malcolm Wright

Predicting elections from politicians’ faces (2008)

Armstrong, J. Scott, Green, Kesten C., Jones, Randall J., Wright, Malcolm

Prior research found that people’s assessments of relative competence predicted the outcome of Senate and Congressional races. We hypothesized that snap judgments of "facial competence" would...

Predicting Elections from Politicians' Faces (2008)

Armstrong, J. Scott, Green, Kesten C, Jones, Randall J, Wright, Malcolm

Prior research found that people's assessments of relative competence predicted the outcome of Senate and Congressional races. We hypothesized that snap judgments of "facial competence" would provide...

A new theorem for optimizing the advertising budget (2008)

Wright, Malcolm

This paper reports a new theorem and proof for optimizing the advertising budget. The theorem is that the optimal rate of advertising is equal to gross profit multiplied by advertising elasticity....

Verification of Citations: Fawlty Towers of Knowledge? (2007)

Wright, Malcolm, Armstrong, J. Scott

The prevalence of faulty citations impedes the growth of scientific knowledge. Faulty citations include omissions of relevant papers, incorrect references, and quotation errors that misreport...

Physiology for General Practitioners. 1. Central Nervous and Endocrine Systems (1988)

WRIGHT, MALCOLM

Physiology, the study of how the systems of the body function and interact, like other branches of medicine is continually advancing in knowledge. In this article some aspects of the two control...

Predicting elections from politicians’ faces

Armstrong, J. Scott, Green, Kesten C., Jones, Randall J., Wright, Malcolm

Prior research found that people’s assessments of relative competence predicted the outcome of Senate and Congressional races. We hypothesized that snap judgments of "facial competence" would...

A new theorem for optimizing the advertising budget

Wright, Malcolm

This paper reports a new theorem and proof for optimizing the advertising budget. The theorem is that the optimal rate of advertising is equal to gross profit multiplied by advertising elasticity....

Verification of Citations: Fawlty Towers of Knowledge?

Wright, Malcolm, Armstrong, J. Scott

The prevalence of faulty citations impedes the growth of scientific knowledge. Faulty citations include omissions of relevant papers, incorrect references, and quotation errors that misreport...