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Case Review Starter

Build the packet before scoring

An accessible online worksheet for organizing sources, mapping evidence, testing explanations, and reporting a four-output case profile.

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Case Review Starter

Build the packet before scoring

Use this first

Use this starter to organize a record. Move to the field workbook for the full coding ledger, calculations, evidence matrix, and verification protocols.

Case scope and administration

Case IDReviewerReview dateEvent dateEvent timeLocationPrimary question

Source packet inventory

Preserve originals separately from working copies.

Six-row source inventory
ID	Item or source	Original or copy	Date acquired	Provenance or gap
01	Item or source, row 1	Original or copy, row 1	Date acquired, row 1	Provenance or gap, row 1
02	Item or source, row 2	Original or copy, row 2	Date acquired, row 2	Provenance or gap, row 2
03	Item or source, row 3	Original or copy, row 3	Date acquired, row 3	Provenance or gap, row 3
04	Item or source, row 4	Original or copy, row 4	Date acquired, row 4	Provenance or gap, row 4
05	Item or source, row 5	Original or copy, row 5	Date acquired, row 5	Provenance or gap, row 5
06	Item or source, row 6	Original or copy, row 6	Date acquired, row 6	Provenance or gap, row 6

Evidence map

Do not turn an interpretation into a measurement.

Direct observations and measurementsList traceable facts, source IDs, timestamps, and measured values.Interpretations and open questionsList labels, estimated properties, memory additions, and claims needing tests.

Competing explanation log

Test alternatives by the same standard.

Four-row competing explanation log
Candidate	Supports	Contradicts	Test or data needed	Status
candidate, row 1	supports, row 1	contradicts, row 1	test needed, row 1	status, row 1
candidate, row 2	supports, row 2	contradicts, row 2	test needed, row 2	status, row 2
candidate, row 3	supports, row 3	contradicts, row 3	test needed, row 3	status, row 3
candidate, row 4	supports, row 4	contradicts, row 4	test needed, row 4	status, row 4

Four-output case profile

Report these outputs separately. Do not collapse them into one certainty score, truth score, origin score, or judgment of a witness.

1 Criteria support rate

How much support is present among criteria that can be judged?

Supported countJudged countRate

2 Answered-item coverage

How much of the assessment could the available record answer?

Answered itemsTotal itemsCoverage

3 Residual anomaly breadth

Which independent anomaly domains still have record support?

Supported domainsJudged domainsBreadth

4 Explanation status

What status is justified after alternatives and gaps are considered?

StatusConfidenceReviewer

Strongest defensible conclusionState the conclusion someone else could audit. Keep origin claims separate unless the evidence independently supports them.

Critical evidence gapReopening conditionNext review date