FINVECTOR · DATA QUALITY AUDIT · NOTE 23

Planned stocking and actual stocking are different datasets

New York's current-season plan and its actual stocking archive are treated as separate evidence classes before a freshness score is calculated.

SOURCE SNAPSHOT

Start with provenance and source scope.

INPUT AND EVIDENCE LEDGER

Classify every field before using it.

FieldValueOrigin
2026 spring programMore than 1.7M catchable-size trout, mid-March through early JuneNYSDEC release
Current-season datasetAnticipated distributionNYSDEC / Open Data NY
Actual archiveFish Stocking Lists (Actual), beginning 2011Open Data NY
Ranking ruleDo not merge statusesFINVECTOR evidence policy

REPRODUCIBLE WORK

Run the quality-control chain.

CheckFormula or ruleResult
Classify planAnticipated + scheduled weekFuture/planned evidence
Classify archiveActual stocking listReported-completion evidence
Join carefullyWater, county, species, season; retain source recordComparable, not interchangeable
ScoreCompletion may outrank plan; uncertainty remainsStatus-aware freshness

DECISION READING

The audit finding.

A large statewide program establishes context, not a completed event at one water. FINVECTOR should prefer an actual record when available and show a plan as a plan when it is the only evidence.

HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY + AI USE RECORD

The owner is accountable; the technical checks were AI-assisted.

The TOOOLBOX site owner authorized the publication scope and remains the correction contact. AI assistance was used for drafting, implementation, arithmetic recomputation, and source-link checks. This record does not claim line-by-line human fact-checking or licensed professional review.

Record ID
TB-FINVECTOR-23-20260902
Owner role
TOOOLBOX site owner and developer
Technical check date
2026-09-02
Human fact-check
No separate human fact-check recorded
AI use
Drafting, code, arithmetic, and link checks
Correction channel
Public contact page
  1. Opened both dataset descriptions and preserved their plan/actual wording.
  2. Checked the statewide count and season window against the DEC release.
  3. Reviewed join language to avoid claiming completion from a planned row.

BOUNDARIES

What passed data checks still cannot prove.

  • The 1.7M figure is statewide program scale, not a site allocation.
  • No fish survival or catch probability is inferred.
  • Dataset availability can change after the access date.

SENSITIVITY

Failure modes to retest.

  • Water-name changes and county duplicates can create false joins.
  • Actual records can still be delayed or revised.
  • Stocking status does not establish access or regulations.

MORE FINVECTOR DECISION NOTES

Test the result yourself.

This note preserves a dated calculation. Change the inputs in the live workspace, or compare another evidence pattern below. Live source availability and results can differ from the dated example.