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If yes, treat it as a new metric.\n2) **Coverage:** What % of branches/events are included? A metric with 70% coverage can still look ‘precise.’\n3) **Lag & timing:** Are branches being compared on the same time window and cutoff? Late-posting data loves to fake improvement.\n4) **Incentives:** If someone’s bonus depends on the number, assume the process will evolve to make the number look better.\n5) **Denominator risk:** Branch A can ‘win’ by serving fewer difficult cases. Ask what got excluded.\n\nRule of thumb: **trust rates only after you trust counts** (volume, missingness, and exclusions).",{"id":122,"name":123,"type":116,"typeVersion":16,"position":124,"parameters":125,"category":52,"deletable":8,"connectable":8},"node_text_dirty","Dirty signal spotter",[118,94],{"text":126},"**How to spot dirty signal before the meeting goes off the rails**\n\nDirty data usually arrives wearing a clean shirt. Look for these tells:\n- **Too-smooth charts:** Real operations are lumpy. 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