Cite it, and name the version.

One number for how scores are built

How to cite 7Analytica, the methodology whitepaper and a single record, in four formats. Name the method version too, so a reader can find the rules your numbers came from.

Method v1.0 is current

The only published version so far. It is also the version of the whitepaper.

The method version names the inputs and formulas behind a trust or a bias score. It changes when the arithmetic or the inputs change, and not for wording alone. If you quote a score, quote the version beside it.

The full method is in the methodology whitepaper, and the methodology calculator runs the same arithmetic so you can rebuild a number yourself.

Add the day you read it

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The methodology whitepaper

The edition is named by its version number, 1.0. A new number means the arithmetic or the inputs changed; wording alone does not get one.

Title: How 7Analytica builds a score

• The title, version and edition date are taken from the paper itself. If you cite the PDF, the cover shows the same three.
• The examples in the paper use sample data. Cite it for the method, not for any outlet's real score.

A record

A record has a permanent reference number that is never reused, and a seal that fixes its content and time. Cite those two, and say which method version you read the scores under.

• Replace each bracketed part. The reference number and the sealing time are printed on the record and on its dossier.
• Records live in the signed-in app, so there may be no public address. If you hold a shareable link, add it at the end.
• A seal says what the record held at that moment. It does not say the record was right, so cite it as evidence of what was said and when.

7Analytica itself

For the website or the service in general, with no particular page or record in mind. Prefer the whitepaper or a record when you can, because they name a fixed edition.

• The site changes over time, so the access date matters more here than for the other two.

What changed in how scores are built

Only changes to the arithmetic or the inputs are listed here. Newest first. Changes to the site are in the general changelog.

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1. v1.0 Current

   The first published version. It sets the inputs and formulas that every score is built from.

   • 01 Trust is the average of four inputs with equal weight, rounded: source longevity, corroboration, ownership conflict (inverted) and veracity record.
   • 02 Source longevity is 50 plus the years of record divided by 4, held between 30 and 99.
   • 03 Bias is the average of four axes with equal weight, rounded: accountability (inverted), intensity, framing and veracity.
   • 04 The veracity axis is not set by hand. It is read from trust as 100 minus trust, held between 28 and 80.
   • 05 A bias reading above 48 raises tier 1, above 62 tier 2 and above 78 tier 3. Above 65 the audit offers the Perspective Slider.
   • 06 The weights are equal by choice. They have not been fitted to outside data and no error margin has been measured.