{
  "dataset": {
    "name": "PKJ Coaching regulation instrument norms",
    "description": "Reference distributions for the PKJ Regulation Index (RI-1) and the PKJ Regulation Profile (RP-1), computed from one observation per person — each participant's most recent completion.",
    "publisher": "PKJ Coaching",
    "url": "https://pkjcoaching.com/instrument",
    "documentation": "https://pkjcoaching.com/instrument",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "PKJ Coaching. Regulation Index (RI-1) and Regulation Profile (RP-1) population norms. Retrieved from https://pkjcoaching.com/api/norms",
    "lastComputed": "2026-09-16T04:23:05.313Z"
  },
  "interpretation": {
    "population": "Everyone who created a free PKJ account and completed this instrument at least once. These are people who went looking for help with a dysregulated nervous system, so the distribution is shifted relative to the general population — and it is a reference distribution, not a validation study and not a clinical cutoff.",
    "isValidationStudy": false,
    "hasClinicalCutoff": false,
    "oneObservationPerPerson": true,
    "percentileMethod": "Mid-rank: everyone scoring below, plus half of everyone scoring level. Ties carry no information about order within them.",
    "minimumNToPublish": 50,
    "minimumNToPlaceAnIndividual": 30,
    "notes": "Higher is better on every item of both instruments. Scores are integers. Distributions are complete: scores nobody reached are present with a count of zero."
  },
  "instruments": [
    {
      "id": "pkj-ri-1",
      "name": "The Regulation Index",
      "items": 5,
      "scaleMax": 20,
      "cadenceDays": 7,
      "changeThreshold": 3,
      "metrics": [],
      "withheld": [
        {
          "metric": "total",
          "label": "Total score",
          "scaleMax": 20,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "load",
          "label": "Load",
          "scaleMax": 4,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "recovery",
          "label": "Recovery",
          "scaleMax": 4,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "sleep",
          "label": "Sleep",
          "scaleMax": 4,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "noticing",
          "label": "Noticing",
          "scaleMax": 4,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "capacity",
          "label": "Capacity",
          "scaleMax": 4,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pkj-rp-1",
      "name": "The Regulation Profile",
      "items": 24,
      "scaleMax": 96,
      "domains": 6,
      "cadenceDays": 90,
      "metrics": [],
      "withheld": [
        {
          "metric": "total",
          "label": "Total score",
          "scaleMax": 96,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "load",
          "label": "Load",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "recovery",
          "label": "Recovery",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "sleep",
          "label": "Sleep",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "noticing",
          "label": "Noticing",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "capacity",
          "label": "Capacity",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        },
        {
          "metric": "bracing",
          "label": "Bracing",
          "scaleMax": 16,
          "reason": "fewer than 50 people have completed this metric"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "status": "accumulating"
}