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The Reach Dial

There is no number that makes evidence “enough.” Sufficiency is a relationship between what you have and how far your sentence reaches. So hold the evidence still and stretch the claim — then hold the claim still and change the evidence. The four STAR tests on the right will tell you, each time, exactly which one broke.
Step 1 How far does your sentence reach?
Step 2 What is actually in your folder?
Step 3 Two moves that cost nothing

STAR audit