SYSE.21:6 - Bias Annotation
Watch for these five recurring interpretation biases:
| Recurring bias | Likely drift | Repair |
|---|---|---|
| official-source bias | A standard, certification, public programme, or declared conformance is treated as enacted current practice. | Recover representative Work in the named population and period. |
| publication and teaching bias | Academic attention, curricula, press, or tool promotion is treated as project use or practical worth. | Keep visibility, teaching, recognition, enactment, selection, and engineering consequence as separate claims. |
| lifecycle and maturity bias | A stage diagram or maturity ladder becomes the natural cultural direction. | Recover the Methods, Work structures, variants, guards, and consequences before comparing arrangements. |
| software-transfer bias | Software evidence sets the cadence and authority of physical engineering. | Transfer only the supported contribution and preserve the receiving profile’s physical and specialist constraints. |
| measurement maximalism | The project waits for a field-wide study it cannot afford. | Use proportionate evidence with explicit population, period, basis, uncertainty, and decision limit. |