Integrity Check · A 30-second test
Test one sentence
Paste one sentence from a draft statement. Choose the evidence code that supports it. The check returns one of three verdicts: publishable as stated, publishable with qualification, or not publishable as fact. It runs on fixed rules, listed below, and nothing you type leaves your browser.
The rules this check applies
Two terms. The verdict is the publication decision. A flag names the specific wording that produced it. The five figure tests, applied whenever the sentence contains a figure: the numerator and denominator are named; the time window is stated; definition changes are disclosed; subgroup disaggregation is shown; and the counterevidence that could narrow the figure has been named and reviewed. A sentence without a figure skips the five tests and is judged on its wording and code alone.
- Rule A
A sentence with evidence at E4 or E5 and no absolute wording is publishable as stated; if it contains a figure, the figure passes the five tests first.
- Rule B
A sentence with evidence at E2 or E3, or one at E4 or higher that contains an absolute or an untested figure, is publishable with qualification: the practice is stated with its limitation, or the figure is narrowed to what the tests support.
- Rule C
A sentence with evidence at E0 or E1 is not publishable as fact. It is publishable as a principle, as an approved action ("Our board has approved..."), or as a commitment ("We intend to...") with an owner and a date.
- Rule D
A sentence written as a plan ("will," "intend," "by [date]") is publishable at any code as a commitment; before publication it names an owner, resources, a completion date, and a public reporting date.
- Rule E
Absolute wording ("every," "all," "always," "guarantee," "eliminated") draws a flag at every code. At E4 or E5 it moves the verdict from publishable as stated to publishable with qualification (Rule B); below E4 the verdict is already qualification or lower. In a commitment, the absolute is removed before publication. Absolutes rarely survive disaggregation.
- Rule F
E5 is accepted only when the public-reproducibility or audit box is checked.
The check reads wording and the code you select. It does not verify your evidence, and it does not use a language model. The full instrument explains the codes in Part III and the rules in Part II.