Comparison Readiness Board Memo

Needs human adjudication: comparison is withheld because rank stability was not measured.

Readinessneeds human adjudication
Client languageAutomated comparison is withheld pending human adjudication: rank stability was not measured.
Allowed outputsan internal triage list, not for a client; the reasons a comparison is withheld; what would have to change to allow a comparison; the machine-readable record for a reviewer
Not alloweda ranking across the studies; which study sits above which; grouping into bands, without an exact order; language saying one study appears more qualified than another; a list of the source problems to repair first
Studies included2
Studies excluded0

Why The Comparison Is Withheld

What Can Still Be Used

Every profile below is a measured reading of one study on its own terms — its source status, its claim count, how many of those claims carry a qualification near them — and none of it depends on the ranking that is withheld. 2 studies were read this way and are reportable individually. This pack may carry an internal triage list, not for a client; the reasons a comparison is withheld; what would have to change to allow a comparison; the machine-readable record for a reviewer.

What may not be concluded is any statement that one of these studies is better, stronger or more reliable than another. That is the comparison, and it is the thing this pack declines to make.

Internal Triage

This table is not a client ranking. It tells the analyst where the evidence is thinnest before any cross-study claim travels.

StudyTriage scoreFlagsReason
Festival Impact Sample Audit11.6comparison profile derived from audit JSON; no human caveat labeling attached; claims with no qualification near them; a low qualification rate, on a detector whose precision is itself in question here; the detector may have missed qualifications hereInternal triage only, and not a client-publishable rank until comparison readiness clears. The flags beside this row say where the evidence is thinnest.
Airport Expansion Sample Audit8.1comparison profile derived from audit JSON; no human caveat labeling attached; a low qualification rate, on a detector whose precision is itself in question here; the detector may have missed qualifications hereInternal triage only, and not a client-publishable rank until comparison readiness clears. The flags beside this row say where the evidence is thinnest.

Upgrade Path

Adjudicate additional qualification sentences: adjudicate about 131 additional sentences across 2 documents. The work reduces comparison uncertainty; it does not buy a different answer.