Equation 3 · Part 1 · Measuring Claude Code and Agentic Development Tools: Evidence, Benchmarks, and Uncertainty
Symbol p
What this part means
the true resolve probability.
Its job in the formula
p is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
If a benchmark of n instances is treated as n independent Bernoulli trials with true resolve probability p , the standard error of the observed proportion is
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That instability is worth making precise rather than gesturing at. If a benchmark of n instances is treated as n independent Bernoulli trials with true resolve probability p , the standard error of the observed proportion is
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