ABA Research archive
A personal record describes an event. A baseline describes a performer. Confusing the two produces flattering numbers, weak diagnoses, and training decisions that cannot survive retesting.
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A draw time has little meaning without a distribution and a validity rule. Three compact metrics can turn five repetitions into an honest diagnostic record.
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A test cannot support rankings, standards, or training claims until its scores remain interpretable across repetitions, evaluators, and testing days.
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A course of fire can be reliable, demanding, and professionally administered while still measuring the wrong construct. Validity begins with the claim, not the target.
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Training load produces adaptation only when it is recoverable; sudden spikes, repetitive grip work, armor, running, and range volume must be managed as one system.
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Reproducible pain and neurologic symptoms during exertion can reflect pressure within a nonexpanding compartment; load modification and qualified diagnosis must replace toughness tests.
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Operational experience becomes professional knowledge only when it is documented, tested, constrained by law and human rights, and accountable to people affected by security services.
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