Primary Metric
A primary metric is what you're measuring about the object — how often it appears (frequency), how long since it last did (gap), how far past its usual gap it's running (multiplier), or how many draws in a row (streak).
Game Families glossary term
Primary metric declaration anchors every analysis before secondary context fields are added.
Why It Matters
Object type and primary metric are the two ingredients of every honest report. When either is missing, the number can drift.
How Stepzero Uses It
Stepzero names the primary metric on every report and every Oracle answer so nothing gets compared apples-to-oranges.
Example
'How often has 1-2-3 appeared?' names frequency as the metric. 'How long since 1-2-3 last appeared?' names gap. Same object, two different metrics, two different numbers.
Oracle Query Starters
- What primary metric is this answer using for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
- Disambiguate this question by primary metric for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
- Show the same object with a different primary metric for AZ-FANTASY5 over the last 365 draws and all-time baseline.
Deep Dive
Also Called / Similar To
- metric anchor
- declared metric