Pre-Analytic Conditions of Analysis Under Going Concern

Many analytical routines proceed as if the object under study remains a going concern. This paper proposes a pre-analytic gate that tests admissibility before analysis begins. I formalize the gate as F = X × Y (under going concern), where institutional function (F) depends on two non-substitutable capacities: horizontal cross-boundary operability (X) and vertical carry-through into future capacity (Y). When either axis is functionally ruptured, F collapses to zero and downstream analysis becomes structurally void, regardless of methodological refinement. The framework is non-predictive and non-compensatory: it does not explain outcomes or optimize performance, but determines whether valuation, evaluation, or model-based decisioning should proceed at all. Applications in valuation practice, education systems, and AI-mediated analysis illustrate a shared pattern of “forced analysis,” where computation persists after admissibility fails. The paper concludes by treating refusal to analyze as a governance action—establishing the legitimacy of stopping analysis when pre-analytic conditions are not met.