Section 082 · Chapter 10, Anti-Patterns That Create False Confidence
Anti-Patterns: More Tests Means More Confidence
A larger eval can still be weak if it is redundant, biased, synthetic in the same way, or disconnected from risk.
RAGtests means confidence
What to do
- Test value comes from information gain.
- Measure marginal value of added cases.
- Define runnable checks that exercise RAG and tests means confidence.
Evidence to preserve
- Preserve the inputs, versions, configurations, raw outcomes, and results for RAG, tests means confidence needed to reproduce work on Anti-Patterns: More Tests Means More Confidence.
- Report results for RAG, tests means confidence by relevant slice, separate blocker failures from averages, state uncertainty and blind spots, and connect the result to a release decision.
Expert note
Measure marginal value of added cases. Prioritize cases that reduce uncertainty in high-risk areas, increase slice coverage, expose boundaries, or represent production frequency.
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Jason Arbon. "Anti-Patterns: More Tests Means More Confidence." Testing AI Knowledge Edition, section 82.
https://jarbon.ai/testing-ai/knowledge/ch082-tests-means-confidence.html