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C001 — OSS CI Adoption Rate Around 40% — Self-Audit

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Process Audit (Analytical Domains)

Domain Rating Rationale
Evaluation Consistency Pass All four hypotheses were evaluated against the same evidence base. H1 (40% is correct) and H2 (higher than 40%) were assessed against the same empirical studies without preferential treatment. H3 (str
Synthesis Fairness Pass The synthesis gave appropriate weight to the two strong academic sources (Hilton et al., Mons/Radboud paper) while correctly noting the JetBrains survey's methodological limitations. The vendor-neutra

Source-Back Verification

Sources verified: 4

Discrepancies

  • minor at https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14572v3
  • Assessment claims: The Mons/Radboud paper reports that 'CI/CD is widely adopted by the most popular projects'
  • Source actually says: The paper cites Hilton et al. (2016) who 'observed that CI/CD is widely adopted by the most popular projects, with an increase in the adoption of CI/CD over time' — this is a citation of Hilton et al.'s finding, not an independent finding of the Mons/Radboud paper itself.

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