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Figure Figure 1 From the research bench

Three questions before a number enters the decision

A blank cell is a finding. Three blank cells mean the number cannot answer a magnitude question: decide on declared judgement, not on the number.

A four-column worksheet for grading a number before it enters a decision: the number as it arrived, how many attempts stand behind it, whether the success metric was fixed before the result existed, and what the metric would show if the initiative had done nothing.THE NUMBER, AS ITARRIVEDVerbatim, with its sourceand date.OUT OF HOW MANY?Attempts behind it: seenand unseen.DECIDED WHEN?Metric fixed before orafter the result.COMPARED TO WHAT?What it would show ifnothing worked.A blank cell is a finding. Three blanks: the number answers an existence question at best: decide on declaredjudgement.

Reference & Evidence

Source: Author's own worksheet.