Editing Openai/693c2dff-f4d8-8005-b058-e826c127f94e (section)

===== A. Lack of Transparent, Published Methodology =====
* An index intended to measure “integrity” or “corruption risk” should have a clearly published scoring rubric, with defined indicators, weights, and data sources. If the methodology isn’t public, it’s not reproducible or independently verifiable — which undermines credibility and invites bias.
* Without transparency of source data and calculations, perceptions of bias cannot be distinguished from actual bias.

Improvement Suggestion: Publish a full methodology document detailing:
* exact indicators used
* data sources (with links)
* weighting scheme
* scoring thresholds
* how missing or partial data are treated

This is standard for credible indices (e.g., Transparency International’s CPI has a documented methodology that explains data source aggregation and standardization) Transparency.org<ref>{{cite web|title=Transparency.org|url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/how-cpi-scores-are-calculated|publisher=transparency.org|access-date=2025-12-13}}</ref>.