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Research scope 03

Make a detection result answer the inspection question.

Define representative examples, reference judgments, and error categories before interpreting how well a proposed method performs.

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01 / Evaluation design

Decide what counts as a correct observation

An evaluation needs a reference that is appropriate to the task. A proposed method cannot be assessed consistently if the expected answer changes from one reviewer to another without explanation. Define the observation and identify how a reference judgment will be established.

Some examples will remain uncertain. The plan should describe whether those items are reviewed separately, excluded for a stated reason, or retained in an unresolved category. Record disagreement rather than silently converting a disputed example into a confident label.

02 / Evaluation design

Build a collection that represents the question

The evaluation collection should include ordinary cases, relevant variation, difficult boundaries, and inadequate views where these matter. A collection composed only of clean examples can make a concept appear more dependable than the intended environment justifies.

Keep development examples separate from examples intended for an independent check of the proposed approach. Closely related images of the same item may need to remain together to avoid an apparently independent comparison that is effectively reusing the same evidence. The exact arrangement depends on the study and should be documented.

03 / Evaluation design

Report different errors separately

Missing a feature and flagging an acceptable item are different outcomes. Their operational effects may also differ. The evaluation should make those categories visible and record unresolved or unusable observations separately where appropriate.

Avoid reducing every outcome to a single attractive percentage. Include the number of examples represented, how they were selected, and which conditions produced the observed difficulties. A summary should allow the client to see where the method needs attention, not merely whether an aggregate value appears favorable.

04 / Evaluation design

Specify the interpretation in advance

An evaluation plan can describe the collection, reference process, procedure, result categories, and reporting structure. It should also state what findings would lead to revisiting capture conditions, refining the requirement, or seeking an implementation specialist.

Acceptance criteria must come from the task and the consequences of error. They should not be invented after seeing the result. A small developmental evaluation can reveal promising behavior and specific problems, but it cannot establish dependable operation across conditions that the study did not represent.