Description
Return eligible-present count and quorum margin.
Research ethics review involves evidence, participants, governance and context as well as record completeness. Role counts, disclosure presence and weighted criterion terms can organize supplied assertions; a complete checklist or numerical score does not itself determine ethical acceptability or valid authority.
Return eligible-present count and quorum margin.
When to use this tool
Use Ethics Quorum Recusal Count Margin when checking the stated research-review record, role, disclosure or criterion convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter members, absent, recusedPresent, required. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read eligiblePresent, margin, reachesSuppliedQuorum. Inspect reachesSuppliedQuorum before interpreting the associated values.
Return eligible-present count and quorum margin. Require whole members >= absent+recusedPresent >= 0 and required >= 0; eligiblePresent subtracts both, margin = eligible-required, reaches includes equality.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| members | Members | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| absent | Absent | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| recusedPresent | Recused Present | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| required | Required | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| eligiblePresent | Eligible Present | Required. Safe integer. |
| margin | Margin | Required. Safe integer. |
| reachesSuppliedQuorum | Reaches Supplied Quorum | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"members": 12,
"absent": 2,
"recusedPresent": 3,
"required": 7
},
"output": {
"eligiblePresent": 7,
"margin": 0,
"reachesSuppliedQuorum": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The requirement is supplied; no governing quorum rule, actual attendance or conflict status is established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review the original protocol, evidence and governance requirements with the responsible ethics body and qualified professionals for substantive decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Ethics Review Quorum Explicit Role Count
Count supplied members per required role.
- Disclosure Minimum Field Count Tool
Calculate disclosure minimum field count from explicit caller-supplied inputs.