# Question Answering on ARC Challenge (Mean Improvement and Statistical Significance)

Source: [Question Answering on ARC Challenge (Mean Improvement and Statistical Significance)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-arc-challenge-mean-improvement-and-statistical-significance>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-05-18T08:38:17.211Z

Evaluation of model performance on the ARC Challenge dataset for Question Answering, focusing on statistical significance metrics such as mean improvement, 95% confidence intervals, and p-values.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ARC Challenge |
| Metric | Mean Improvement |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 9 of 9 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Mean Improvement](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-arc-challenge-mean-improvement-and-statistical-significance.md?metric=Mean%20Improvement>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [95% Confidence Interval](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-arc-challenge-mean-improvement-and-statistical-significance.md?metric=95%25%20Confidence%20Interval>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [P-Value](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-arc-challenge-mean-improvement-and-statistical-significance.md?metric=P-Value>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Mean Improvement | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PASf | 0.066 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASa | 0.051 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASwo | 0.039 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASa | 0 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| PASf | 0 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASwo | -0.003 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| PASf | -0.004 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASa | -0.005 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |
| iPASwo | -0.01 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d |

### PASf

Mean Improvement: 0.066. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f901.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"DeepSeek-R1-Distill-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASa

Mean Improvement: 0.051. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f8ff.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"DeepSeek-R1-Distill-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASwo

Mean Improvement: 0.039. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f900.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"DeepSeek-R1-Distill-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASa

Mean Improvement: 0. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f902.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PASf

Mean Improvement: 0. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f904.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASwo

Mean Improvement: -0.003. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f8fd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PASf

Mean Improvement: -0.004. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f8fe.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASa

Mean Improvement: -0.005. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f8fc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Nous-Hermes-2-Mistral-7B-DPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iPASwo

Mean Improvement: -0.01. Result ID: 6a0acfd547f34ce924f0f903.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc71e209131cea8a68d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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