Talk:Sensitivity auditing

Deletions operated on this page by User:MrOllie
Dear User talk:MrOllie, In this page, as well as in the other pages you have visited last September, i.e. Sensitivity analysis, Sociology of quantification, Ethics of quantification, Post-normal science, Quantitative storytelling and others, your interventions could use some revision. Some problems that I wish to submit to your attention are: Also on behalf of my various co-authors kindly note that this information is relevant. Sensitivity auditing is an expanding field of work, extensively illustrated in a recent volume of Oxford University Press recently reviewed in the journal Science. A search of sensitivity auditing on Google Scholar returns 226 articles written between 2014 and 2023. A 2023 review article published in the journal Risk Analysis also summarize several recent applications while two articles in Environmental Science and Policy stress the relevance of sensitivity auditing for impact assessment. In conclusion, while I am sympathetic to the idea that the enthusiasm of authors for their topic and works needs to be kept in check, and COI avoided, I believe the intervention was too drastic and some form of repair is needed to restore a modicum of information for the readers. The present elisions do a disservice to all authors who have been either involved in sensitivity auditing or worked in adjacent fields. I welcome your suggestions as to how to proceed.Andrea Saltelli Saltean (talk) 10:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC).
 * Entire sections have been removed with their references (~1,800 words removed), including about many that had no evident conflict of interest. Cutting the sections with a description of the rules, of their applications and of the developments of sensitivity auditing does the readers a disservice. The linkages between sensitivity auditing and impact assessment are also an important topic of interest to a large readership involved in science for policy.
 * The readers are deprived of one relevant piece of information, which is the original papers where the method was developed and applied. Before it became part of official guidelines, European Commission and SAPEA, sensitivity auditing was published here and here . Without at least one of these references, the context and motivations of the authors are lost. Please note that ref. is mentioned in the guidelines, so cutting this out makes Wikipedia inaccurate: it deprives it of a primary source.

Some proposed changes

 * Specific text to be added or removed: Essential references to be addd, please see talk page topic above
 * Reason for the change: These reference were deleted, see talk page topic above
 * References supporting change: See talk page above

Add a reference at the beginning of the page after "Sensitivity auditing is an extension of sensitivity analysis for use in policy-relevant modelling studies.":

Add a new final section named Applications

Applications of sensitivity auditing are discussed in the journal Risk Analysis and in a 2023 book published by Oxford University Press.

REFERENCES FOR THE ENTIRE PAGE
 * Please be sure to sign your post next time. Shadow311 (talk) 16:46, 18 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Oops, sure sorry! I forgot this time. Andrea Saltelli Saltean (talk) 07:35, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Encoded   Talk 💬 19:37, 15 March 2024 (UTC)