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.

What supports it? Choose the evidence code.

The rules this check applies

  1. Rule A

    A sentence with evidence at E4 or E5, no absolute wording, and a figure that passes all five tests is publishable as stated.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Rule D

    A sentence written as a plan ("will," "intend," "by [date]") is publishable at any code once it names an owner, resources, a completion date, and a public reporting date.

  5. Rule E

    Absolute wording ("every," "all," "always," "guarantee," "eliminated") is flagged at every code. Absolutes rarely survive disaggregation.

  6. 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.