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C001 — CI Adoption Rate in Open Source Projects — Self-Audit

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Process Audit (Analytical Domains)

Domain Rating Rationale
Evaluation Consistency Pass All three sources for C001 (Decan et al., Kinsman et al., Golzadeh et al. via Decan) received comparable treatment. The Decan et al. study providing the 43.9% figure was not privileged over the Kinsma
Synthesis Fairness Pass The synthesis gave appropriate weight to the population-definition nuance. The finding that 43.9% applies to filtered active repos (300+ stars/commits) was prominently noted, as was the >50% npm figur

Source-Back Verification

Sources verified: 3

Discrepancies

  • minor at https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14572v3
  • Assessment claims: The claim says approximately 40% of open source projects use CI. The assessment traces this to Decan et al.'s finding of 43.9% GHA adoption.
  • Source actually says: The source reports 43.9% GHA adoption in 68K repos by January 2022, but this is GitHub Actions specifically, not all CI. The source also notes >50% CI adoption in npm repos (Golzadeh et al.). The assessment correctly distinguishes these but the original claim conflates GHA adoption with CI adoption.

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