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E · TRACE
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- True ConstructName the real underlying quality your metrics are supposed to represent, the thing that would still matter if no score existed.
- Result SignalPick a lagging observation close to the real outcome that would prove the value actually changed.
- Advance SignalChoose an early, controllable indicator that should move before the final result does.
- Counter-SignalAdd a measure that catches the most likely way to improve the main number while destroying its value.
- External Reality CheckInclude an observation you cannot easily manufacture, so self-deception gets exposed.