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How the AI Marketing Measurement gate works
How the AI Marketing Measurement gate grades a result before you report it: four rigor checks rolled up to the worst, with a substantiation gate where one major gap forces 'Don't report yet' regardless of the rest — which is how a 180% change on a solid sample still can't be reported, because there's no documented baseline to anchor it.
How the gate works
This tool grades a marketing result before you report it as real. It reads 4 rigor checks and rolls them into one verdict — the worst, never the average — and then a gate that can only make it worse.
The 4 rigor checks
| Check | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Metric tied to a business outcome | TIED |
| Baseline documentedmajor · fix first | MISSING |
| Sample big enough to be signal | SUFFICIENTn=120 |
| Change size plausible | PLAUSIBLE180% |
The verdict bands
A single major gap — no baseline, a vanity metric, or a sample too small to be signal — forces 'Don't report yet' regardless of how the other checks read. A number you can't anchor is a number you can't defend.
In the worked sample it reads Don't report yet — A 180% change on a solid sample of 120 looks impressive — but there's no documented baseline, and you can't claim a change without a before. One major gap forces 'Don't report yet' regardless of the rest: a number you can't anchor to a starting point is a number you can't defend to a client or a board. The one thing to fix first: Baseline documented — you can't claim a change without a before. Capture (or find) the pre-campaign baseline before you report any number..
Common questions
Can every check look survivable on the How the AI Marketing Measurement gate works and the company still read Don't report yet?
Yes. The roll-up takes the worst of 4 rigor checks — never the average — then a worsen-only gate, the Substantiation gate, escalates when trouble clusters. In the worked sample it reads Don't report yet because a 180% change on a solid sample of 120 looks impressive — but there's no documented baseline, and you can't claim a change without a before. One major gap forces 'Don't report yet' regardless of the rest: a number you can't anchor to a starting point is a number you can't defend to a client or a board.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-set of survivable lines, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind an average of the healthy ones. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "Baseline documented — you can't claim a change without a before. Capture (or find) the pre-campaign baseline before you report any number.".
A rigor check, not a guaranteed result — correlation isn't causation; a controlled holdout is the only way to claim a cause.
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