Re: rewording issue 13 - minimize user errors

There seem to be some missing words — added in BOLD 

> "Minimize user errors:  The units and meaning of ambiguous input data fields are clarified. Input errors are automatically corrected where the correction can be reliably made. "



The concerns I would have with this are 

what does unit mean  (do you mean units - like   inches or pound etc?)
when is an input data field amgibuous?   (if it is ambiguous if there are no units or labels — the this SC is circular.)  (kind of like saying  Things that are unclear are clarified  but if they are clarified — then how can the be unclear.   Remember SC are statements of fact — not commands.     things are are unclear should be clarified   is a command but not a true false statement 
Remember that  all SC should be true false statements 
ambiguous - is not testable (everyone has a different opinion unless egregious)
what does Clarified mean

I like the last one - -though I don’t know how often it is true.        I often find the corrections are wrong and really mess me up.   Better to suggest than to do?
perhaps another is ‘when an input error is detected - and remediation advice is possible - it is offered.   ?

Gregg C Vanderheiden
greggvan@umd.edu



> On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:35 AM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:
> 
> "Minimize user errors:  The unit and meaning ambiguous input data fields  are clarified. Input error are automatic correction where the correction can be reliably made. "