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1. Pick which drafts to read
The count only means something if every draft had the same chance of being read. Number the drafts 1 to N, then read these.
2. What the reading says about the rest
Count a draft as a problem if the reviewer declined it or had to change a determination in it.
3. How many to read
To be able to say the problem rate is under a target, if the reviewer finds none.
The rules and where they come from
- The upper limit is the exact one-sided binomial limit: Clopper CJ, Pearson ES. The use of confidence or fiducial limits illustrated in the case of the binomial. Biometrika 1934;26(4):404-413.
- With no problems found in n drafts, the 95% limit is close to 3/n: Hanley JA, Lippman-Hand A. If nothing goes wrong, is everything all right? JAMA 1983;249(13):1743-5.
- It counts only the kinds of problem the reviewer looks for, and only if the drafts read were picked at random. It says nothing certain about any single unread draft.