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builtbykev 1f40014256 Power-derive the LODO threshold: hits restored through the gate, rbi/runs
routed as date-driven

PHASE 0 — threshold derived BLIND, before any stat was re-read. A
reversal is informative only if that date's Brier delta is
distinguishable from zero at its row count. Per-row Brier difference
d_i = (pc-y)^2 - (p-y)^2, so SE(n) = SD(d)/sqrt(n) and
n* = (SD(d)/|effect|)^2. Pooled across all four stats so no single
stat's verdict could shape the threshold deciding it:

  pooled rows 3,417 | SD(d) 0.09816 | |effect| 0.01175
  n* = (0.09816/0.01175)^2 = 69.8 -> 70

The hand-chosen 20 sat at 0.54 SE -- a coin flip. That is the defect
this removes, and why the previous verdict moved with the number.
Committed as calibrationRegistry.LODO_MIN_HELD_ROWS = 70 with
LODO_THRESHOLD_BASIS; a test recomputes (SD/effect)^2 and asserts it
equals the constant, so it cannot drift from its own justification. The
derivation script prints no stat verdict, no date and no reversal.

PHASE 1 — LODO at n*, applied cold:

  hits         5 informative drops, 0 reversals   PASS
  total_bases  4 informative drops, 0 reversals   PASS
  rbi          reverses 2026-08-01 (n=99)         FAIL
  runs         reverses 08-01 (n=86), 08-05 (244) FAIL

hits held-out deltas -0.0041/-0.0080/-0.0192/-0.0140/-0.0139 across
123-272 row dates, favourite sign holding on every testable drop. THIS IS
THE INSTRUMENT FINALLY POWERED, NOT VINDICATION OF A PREDICTION -- the
withdrawal at 6ae11f1 was correct on the instrument available then, which
admitted 20- and 25-row dates as evidence. Nothing about hits changed;
the threshold stopped being chosen.

PHASE 2 — both failures are DATE-DRIVEN, not underpowered. Every
reversal sits above n*=70 (99, 86, 244), so no threshold and no further
accrual rescues either: isotonic is fitting day-structure. Routed to the
low-parameter calibrator queue (Platt/beta), not built here.

PHASE 3 — CALIBRATION_DEPLOYED is now ['hits','total_bases'], frozen and
tested, both PROVISIONAL with auto-demotion armed and the >=40
date-cluster promotion bar unchanged. hits stackability for
chain.chainAcross is RESTORED, and the record shows it returned through
the powered gate rather than by fiat. hits bands rebuilt on
p_win_calibrated (765 eval rows): every archetype still one band, still
base_rate -- calibrated YES, proven-per-archetype NO.

PHASE 4 logged: the deploy set is now set by a power-derived,
pre-committed, tested constant rather than an operator-chosen number. At
6ae11f1 that rule moved the live path AGAINST the operator; it has now
moved it back on the same evidence because the instrument changed. Both
directions are the rule working. And calibrated p_win separates within
archetype no better than raw across 13 archetype slots on two deployed
stats -- per-archetype separation will come from proven factors or not at
all.

p_win never mutated; no Bonferroni slot consumed; counter and frozen
clusters verified byte-identical file by file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W1sivYNqY2TS5ftykmHBU9
2026-08-06 20:15:32 -04:00
builtbykev 6ae11f1193 LODO-gated provisional calibration: total_bases deploys, hits withdrawn
PHASE 0 — I applied factorGate's >=40 date-cluster floor to a calibration
layer without challenging the binding. That floor is a cluster-robust
interval bar for a CAUSAL claim. Calibration makes no causal claim, has a
bounded failure mode (it can only over- or under-shrink) and consumes no
Bonferroni slot. Its real risk is that the correction is DATE-DRIVEN, and
leave-one-date-out tests that directly -- a STRICTER bar, since a cluster
count cannot detect a single day carrying the effect. The >=40 floor is
retained, correctly scoped as the PROMOTION bar.

PHASE 1 — both guards codified, 11 tests, green before Phase 2.
Demonstrated on live data: raw population violated=true, mean_p 0.4962,
both_sides_share 0.9763; after dedup violated=false, mean_p 0.6694. The
null guard's test demonstrates the trap explicitly, since (null-1)**2 is
1 and (null-0)**2 is 0 so a Brier over nulls equals the win rate.

PHASE 2 — LODO:

  hits         n=1140 dates=17  2 reversals (07-22 n=20, 07-26 n=25)  FAIL
  total_bases  n=1050 dates=7   0 reversals, 0 sign flips             PASS
  rbi          n= 630 dates=5   1 reversal  (08-01 n=99)              FAIL
  runs         n= 597 dates=5   2 reversals (08-01 n=86, 08-05 n=244) FAIL

Threshold sensitivity reported because the verdict moves: total_bases
passes at every held-size threshold, runs fails at every one, and hits
fails ONLY when 20/25-row dates are admitted. I fixed MIN_HELD_ROWS=20
before seeing which stats passed and did not move it afterwards to
preserve a deploy. Honest caveat: a per-date Brier delta on 20 rows has a
standard error several times the effect, so the instrument is
underpowered per-drop -- an argument for pre-registering a higher
threshold, which is a Roundtable call, not one to make while holding the
results.

PHASE 3 — total_bases DEPLOY-PROVISIONAL, band [0.6-0.8]. hits, rbi and
runs REFUSE.

HITS WAS BEING SERVED CALIBRATED AND IS NOT ANY MORE. snapshotService
hardcoded it since S91; it fails LODO, so it is out. A stat that cannot
survive dropping one day was never calibrated, it was fitted to that day.
The consequence is real -- hits props become unstackable for
chain.chainAcross -- and it errs toward withdrawing a claim rather than
preserving one on a fragile verdict. Deployment is now driven by a frozen,
tested CALIBRATION_DEPLOYED set, not a hardcoded stat name.

PHASE 4 — calibrationRegistry, 14 tests. Deploy needs BOTH gates, neither
waivable. reverify auto-demotes on the first breach (CI stops excluding
zero, or the favourite bias flips sign) and logs the breaking date.
Promotion needs the original >=40 bar. A provisional deploy that cannot be
taken away is just a deploy.

PHASE 5 — TB bands rebuilt on calibrated values, 625 eval rows. The
two-bar rule still bites: calibrated YES, proven NO, so they stay a
base-rate read, now honestly numbered. Every archetype still collapses to
one band -- calibrated p_win separates within archetype no better than raw.

PHASE 6 logged only: the dead gradient is buried (hits~TB > runs > RBI,
and RBI has the SMALLEST bias, so the skill-driven-gradient mechanism did
not survive); the refused set is a map of missing inputs; a low-parameter
calibrator is queued unbuilt.

p_win never mutated; calibration rides as p_win_calibrated with
calibration_status provisional. No Bonferroni slot consumed. Counter and
frozen clusters byte-identical.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W1sivYNqY2TS5ftykmHBU9
2026-08-06 18:31:19 -04:00