Not all social scientists are impressed by Rudder's conclusions, pointing out that his methodology isn't peer reviewed.
Their weight dropped. I have reported this study at 5 years, 12 years, and 16 years, in the peer reviewed scientific literature and again beyond 20 years in my book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease.
The NASA proposal selection process is (in my opinion) one of the most peer reviewed and rigorous that I have ever seen.