MMP.7:4.1 - Choose the target and the recorded outcome separately

State what the answer concerns: a rate in a population, a property before measurement, a future response, or another quantity selected by the work. Specify the population, conditions and time range when they change its meaning. Use C.16 for the characteristic being measured and C.16.MR for the relation from the property to an indication.

Describe one complete outcome of the observing procedure. It may contain a value and an inclusion flag, a duration and a timeout flag, or several related readings. The mathematical outcome space must distinguish every report the procedure can produce that affects the inference.

State what the observation plan fixes. Following a known cohort produces information about excluded cases that a sample drawn only from submitted reports may lack. Stopping after a specified time, after a specified number of records, or after an event can produce different data laws. Recover the actual plan before treating any count as fixed.