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RevGem ConsultingVerified Stats Database
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What this isA standing record of every statistic you verify. Log it once, with its source and confidence, and it becomes a searchable evidence bank you can reuse without starting your research over. The value compounds every week you keep it up.
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How to use itWork on the Stats Log tab. Fill one row per verified figure. Complete every white column. Never log a number you have not opened at its primary source.
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The columns
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Date loggedThe day you recorded it.
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Topic / categoryYour own tag so you can filter later, for example Pricing, Regulation, Adoption.
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StatisticPlain description of what the number measures.
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Value / figureThe number itself, with its unit or percent.
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Population / denominatorWho or what it describes. This is what stops you blending two figures that are not comparable.
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Named sourceThe organization behind the figure, not the outlet that repeated it.
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Source linkA direct link to the primary source you actually opened.
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Publication dateWhen the source published it, so you can tell when it goes stale.
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Age (days)Fills in automatically from the publication date.
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ConfidenceHigh, Medium (verify), or Low (verify first). See the scale below.
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Independent / vendorWho is telling you. Independent research and regulators are not the same weight as a company describing its own product.
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Notes / caveatsAnything a future you needs: sample size, a warning not to cite a single precise number, a range.
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Used inWhere you have already cited it, so you do not repeat yourself.
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Confidence scale
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HighIndependent survey, regulator, or multiple sources agree. Cite with attribution.
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Medium (verify)Credible but single source or a trade press summary. Confirm the primary before public use.
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Low (verify first)Vendor self reported, a marketing metric, or a stat seen only second hand. Do not publish without tracing the primary.
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