Metric · Glossary
Confidence Label
Also: score confidence, confidence flag
Definition
A Low / Moderate / High annotation on every score and diagnostic conclusion EcoIntel produces. Tells the reader how strongly the underlying data support the number, and how strongly to act on it.
The Confidence Label is a Low / Moderate / High annotation on every Land Health Score, every process-index score, and every diagnostic conclusion EcoIntel produces.
It tells the reader how strongly the underlying data support the number, and therefore how strongly to act on it. Two fields can both score “7 Healthy”, but one with HIGH confidence and the other with LOW confidence are two different situations.
Confidence is degraded by:
- Sparse satellite observations: heavy cloud cover, sensor downtime, edge-of-coverage geometry.
- Short historical record on a parcel: newer enrolments have less data than long-standing ones.
- Atypical management patterns the model has less calibration data for.
- Disagreement between independent cross-check references in the carbon-check pipeline.
- Edge cases in ecoregion classification: sites that sit on the boundary between two zones.
How to read the label:
- HIGH: plan around the score. The diagnosis is well-supported.
- MODERATE: proceed, but verify. Ground-truth before significant resource commitment.
- LOW: the score is a hypothesis. A site visit or ground-truth measurement is the appropriate next step before committing significant resources to a recommended intervention.
Every report card carries the confidence label alongside the score, so no decision is made on a number that is shakier than it looks.