denominator note
An explicit statement of what a rate was divided by. A forgery rate that counts unverifiable requests as forged inflates; counting them as genuine understates.
What denominator note does not show
Neither is defensible without saying which was done.
Where denominator note comes up on this site
- How to check whether a GPTBot or ClaudeBot request in your logs is realCounting the unverifiable as forged would inflate it; counting them as genuine would understate it; so they are excluded, and the response says so in its denominator note.
Terms this definition uses
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The vocabulary for saying how strongly something is known.
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Questions about denominator note
What is denominator note?
An explicit statement of what a rate was divided by. A forgery rate that counts unverifiable requests as forged inflates; counting them as genuine understates.
What does denominator note not show or guarantee?
Neither is defensible without saying which was done.
Which area of the glossary does denominator note belong to?
Measurement and evidence: The vocabulary for saying how strongly something is known.
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