PSD.5:4.5 - Match assurance to the claim being used

Recognition can begin with a sketch and a plausible contrast. Before consequential reliance, inspect the claims that bear the result: source qualification, implementation or calculation correctness, fitness to the intended use, validation evidence, sensitivity, and extrapolation limits as applicable. The direct domain practice determines what is sufficient; this pattern supplies no universal validation threshold.

Separate confidence in the modeler, internal consistency, empirical adequacy, robustness to assumptions, and authority to decide. A stakeholder’s confidence can affect whether a model is used, but cannot substitute for evidence. A model that cannot yet support a recommendation may still support the narrower result “this conclusion depends on an unresolved assumption”. That limit does not itself select a test.

Return a qualified claim, a narrowed use, or an explicit inability to discriminate; include an evidence request when its contribution warrants acquisition. Where an unresolved safety, rights, legal, or technical premise blocks the proposed reliance, retain that stop. A stronger use needs its direct competent result; obtaining it remains a separate feasible and worthwhile continuation.