Methodology

PawsCalculatorpublishes calculator-driven research. Every formula, coefficient, and threshold is sourced from a primary reference; we don't fabricate hobbyist anecdotes, and we don't lean on training-data fragments to fill in numbers. This page documents where the math comes from and how we verify it.

Sourcing tiers

Tier 1 — primary technical specifications. Tier 2 — standards bodies and regulatory publications. Tier 3 — established secondary references. We cite by name on the page that uses each number, not just here.

Worked examples

Add one worked example per calculator after launch, so a reader can audit the math themselves.

What we don't do

We don't fabricate personal stories. We don't cite publication numbers we haven't verified. We don't present AI-generated images as photographs. When a calculation has a known uncertainty, we state it conservatively rather than rounding optimistically.

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