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Set a New Evaluation Goal When the Current Metric Is Unreliable

If the current evaluation metric can no longer be trusted, replace it with a new metric that clearly defines the team’s objective. Do not rely for an extended period on informal manual comparison among candidate models.

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Updated 2026-08-12

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