Scanning Hit Score
Combine four caller ratings into a transparent scanning-hit priority score.
Description
A scanning-hit score summarizes four equally weighted ratings.
A scanning-hit score summarizes four equally weighted ratings. Its priority bands guide attention under the implemented heuristic.1
Combine four caller ratings into a transparent scanning-hit priority score.
When to use Scanning Hit Score
Use this tool to combine four caller ratings into a transparent scanning-hit priority score.
Prepare the recorded observations, ratings, assumptions or expected/observed lists requested. Choose thresholds and definitions appropriate to the planning question.
How to use Scanning Hit Score and understand its results
- Prepare the recorded observations, ratings, assumptions or expected/observed lists requested. Choose thresholds and definitions appropriate to the planning question.
- Enter relevance, impact, timeframeUrgency, novelty using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read scorePercent, priority. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| relevance | Relevance score | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 5 | Required |
| impact | Impact score | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 5 | Required |
| timeframeUrgency | Timeframe urgency | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 5 | Required |
| novelty | Novelty score | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 5 | Required |
Enter four ratings 0–5. Return score and high at ≥75/medium at ≥40/low otherwise.
score%=100(relevance+impact+urgency+novelty)/20 Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| scorePercent | Scanning-hit score (%) | number; minimum: 0; maximum: 100 |
| priority | Priority | string; one of "low", "medium", "high" |
{
"input": {
"relevance": 5,
"impact": 4,
"timeframeUrgency": 3,
"novelty": 4
},
"output": {
"scorePercent": 80,
"priority": "high"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
No novelty, relevance or future impact is measured.
Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use Wildcard Triage: Score wildcard confidence, plausibility, and impact for triage. For a complementary task, use Patent Signal Trend: Measure annualized patent-count growth against an emerging-signal threshold.
References
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Scanning Hit Score — tool.io
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- Wildcard Triage
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- Patent Signal Trend
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