Object Type
An object type is what you're measuring — a single digit, a pair, a triple, a straight combination (digits in exact order), a box combination (digits in any order), a digit group (a set of digits, no order), a sum, or a ball in Lotto games.
Object type = what you're measuring. Metric = what you're measuring about it. Every honest report names both.
Game Families glossary term
Metrics are only valid when object type is declared before ranking, trending, or comparison.
Why It Matters
Every honest lottery answer names the object type up front. If a source or an AI answers without naming it, be a little suspicious — the most confident-sounding wrong answers usually skip this step.
How Stepzero Uses It
Stepzero declares the object type first on every report and Oracle answer, so you always know exactly what the number in front of you is counting.
Example
'How many times has 1-2-3 come up straight?' and 'how many times has the digit group {1, 2, 3} come up?' are two different questions because they name different object types.
Oracle Query Starters
- What object type is this report using for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
- Separate main-ball and bonus-ball interpretation for this game for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
- Should this query be straight-level or set-level for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
Deep Dive
Also Called / Similar To
- analysis object
- measurement object