A.1.RI:4.4 - Test compatibility and the strength of the conclusion

Apply the subject constraints to each materially different connection. Construct a permitted realization where feasibility matters, or identify a violated condition that excludes it. A numerical solver can help perform this step; its returned result still needs the intended observation and subject interpretation.

Compare the surviving alternatives at the distinction required by the receiving use:

• When the supported premises and considered alternatives determine the association, use that conditional identification.
• When they exclude a proposed association, remove it from the current account.
• When materially different associations remain, retain the unresolved distinction.
• When none fits, inspect the failed observation, rule or assumption before extending the same account.

A best score answers the ranking question defined by that score. If the work uses the top-ranked association provisionally, carry its selection rule and relevant uncertainty into that use. Claiming that the observations uniquely determine it requires the corresponding exclusion of alternatives.

The strength of the identifying judgment changes with its basis.