E02¶


Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C011
Source	SRC02
Evidence	SRC02-E02
Type	Absence of evidence

IFCN Code Lacks Formal Evidence Structures

URL: Not captured — experimental run

Extract¶

The IFCN Code of Principles contains no formal evidence hierarchy, no calibrated uncertainty scale, and no structured bias assessment domains. The five commitments address transparency and fairness but do not prescribe formal analytical structures for evidence evaluation, probability calibration, or bias assessment.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Moderate — confirms specific absences
H2	Supports	Moderate — confirms specific absences hold even with methodological requirements
H3	Contradicts	Moderate — fact-checking's primary international code lacks these features

Context¶

Even though the IFCN requires published methodology (E01), the specific features named in the claim are absent from the IFCN code itself. Fact- checking organizations may have verification procedures and rating scales (e.g., PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter), but these are not formal evidence hierarchies or calibrated uncertainty scales in the sense used by clinical research or intelligence analysis.

Notes¶

PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter and the Washington Post's Pinocchio scale are structured rating tools, but they assess claim accuracy (True, Mostly True, Half True, etc.) rather than research bias domains. They lack calibration to probability ranges.