# Testing Methodology

URL: https://proudtek.com/about/methodology/
Source URL: https://proudtek.com/about/methodology/
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Publisher: Proud Tek Co., Limited
Author: Proud Tek Co., Limited
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## Description
This page documents every measurement method ProudTek uses when it reports a number on an editorial page. We publish this in full so integrators can...

## FAQ
- Q: Can I audit your lab?
  A: Qualified customers and partners with a signed NDA can request a remote video walkthrough or an on-site visit; contact editors@proudtek.com. We do not currently publish raw logs for confidentiality reasons, but summaries of sample-level percentile distributions are available on request for any number we publish.
- Q: Why do you report p10 / p50 / p90 instead of a 'maximum cycles' number?
  A: A peak number is not actionable for procurement. p10 tells the laundry operator what the worst 10% of tags will do, which is what determines shrinkage budgeting; p50 is the median; p90 is what the best tags can reach. Reporting only the peak number is a pattern that reliably misleads buyers into under-budgeting for replacement stock.
- Q: How do you decide which numbers become published benchmarks vs. internal QA?
  A: A ProudTek lab test is publishable only after (a) a second operator has repeated the test on a separate day, (b) the raw data is archived in our lab database with test-ID, operator, instrument serial and environmental log, and (c) the editorial board has signed off. Internal QA numbers that fail any of these three gates are not published.
- Q: Do you retract numbers?
  A: Yes. If a number was wrong at publication (wrong sample size, wrong condition, wrong arithmetic) we retract or revise it and log the change at /about/corrections/ with the original value, the corrected value and the date.

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