{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "risk-severity-frequency-separation",
  "title": "Keep severity and frequency distinct in review",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A five-case rehearsal records four minor copy issues and one loss of a required output. A report says most issues were minor and therefore the consequence picture is minor.",
  "layout": "evaluation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Rehearsal case",
      "Observed issue",
      "Consequence category"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "Copy typo",
        "Minor correction"
      ],
      [
        "B",
        "Copy typo",
        "Minor correction"
      ],
      [
        "C",
        "Copy typo",
        "Minor correction"
      ],
      [
        "D",
        "Copy typo",
        "Minor correction"
      ],
      [
        "E",
        "Required output absent",
        "Required outcome lost"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Minor issues occur in 4/5 of this log; required-output loss occurs in 1/5. These are descriptive case counts. A category name is not a numerical loss unit, so averaging category codes would not supply an expected loss.",
  "result": "Report occurrence counts and consequence categories separately: four minor issues and one required-output loss. The majority category cannot describe the consequence of the fifth case.",
  "boundary": "This separates empirical occurrence counts from nonnumeric consequence labels rather than calculating an acceptance preference average.",
  "limitations": "Consequence categories are supplied local descriptions, not a universal severity scale or assurance standard.",
  "sources": [
    "original"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Keep the case-level consequences",
      "Recorder",
      "Case E stays visible alongside the four minor corrections."
    ],
    [
      "Use meaningful units",
      "Risk reviewer",
      "No arithmetic is performed on arbitrary minor/major category codes."
    ],
    [
      "Choose the consequence-specific response",
      "Receiving owner",
      "The required-output case gets its own recovery decision under the actual brief."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Does one serious case predict future frequency?",
      "No. These five invented observations do not estimate a population rate."
    ],
    [
      "Can consequences ever be quantified?",
      "Yes with justified comparable units and assumptions; arbitrary category numbers are insufficient."
    ]
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}