{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "ordinal-priority-number-boundary",
  "title": "Treat priority categories as ordered labels",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: An ordered priority field uses urgent=3, normal=2 and deferred=1. A summary averages one urgent and one deferred item, then calls both normal.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Item",
      "Priority label",
      "Stored example code"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "Urgent",
        "3"
      ],
      [
        "B",
        "Deferred",
        "1"
      ],
      [
        "Arithmetic code average",
        "Not an item priority",
        "2"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "(3+1)/2=2 is arithmetic on assigned codes. The category order alone does not establish equal distances, measured benefit or a valid averaging rule.",
  "result": "Keep the two category assignments visible. Their code average of two does not convert the urgent and deferred obligations into two normal items.",
  "boundary": "This reviews the permitted interpretation of priority category codes, distinct from changing a priority or choosing weights.",
  "limitations": "Do not infer business value or equal category spacing from database codes.",
  "sources": [
    "original"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Recover label meanings",
      "Priority owner",
      "Codes one, two and three are category identifiers with an order."
    ],
    [
      "Retain actual assignments",
      "Reporting reviewer",
      "A remains urgent and B deferred instead of both becoming normal."
    ],
    [
      "Choose an appropriate summary",
      "Planning lead",
      "Category counts or an explicitly justified decision rule replace the unsupported average interpretation."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Are ordered categories useless?",
      "No. They convey the declared ordering; that alone does not justify numerical distances."
    ],
    [
      "Can a separate scoring system use numbers?",
      "Yes if its meaning and operations are explicitly justified; this category field does not supply that justification."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "Original worked-case definitions",
      "scope": "Definitions, policy choices, records and calculations are authored for this worksheet. No external standard, statistical validation or live product measurement is claimed."
    }
  ]
}