TRIP Database

Why strong evidence doesn’t always mean a good answer

Frameworks like the GRADE Working Group help us judge how much we can trust evidence.

But they don’t tell us whether an answer is good.

In practice:
• Strong evidence can be poorly used
• Weak evidence can be well explained

At AskTrip, we separate these into:
Evidence Strength (GRADE-inspired, with Trip-based downgrades)
Answer Quality (does it actually answer the question, faithfully and appropriately?)

We’re currently testing this approach, with a planned release in early May.

A small shift—but an important one:
not just “how good is the evidence?”
but “how good is the answer?”

Full blog:
https://blog.tripdatabase.com/2026/04/09/from-grade-to-asktrip-evaluating-evidence-and-evaluating-answers/