“Evidence-sensitive” — what does “sensitive” mean here?

evidence-sensitive means:

responsive to evidence.

A claim is evidence-sensitive if the researcher is willing to modify or reject it when strong evidence contradicts it.

For example:

Researcher initially believes:

“Policy X increased employment.”

Then new evidence shows:

employment actually declined.

An evidence-sensitive researcher revises the claim.

An evidence-insensitive researcher says:

“The evidence doesn't matter; I already know the conclusion.”

So:

Evidence-sensitive = conclusions are appropriately responsive to relevant evidence.