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JPEG with standard sharpness and in-camera settings set to neutral values is a good way to measure sharpness in my view. If you want to show raws try turning off sharpening in RAW processing and you'll nearly always get a shock how soft RAWs are without any sharpening at all.
But that's the thing RAWs are all over the place with different settings - standard JPEG is a good measure that; for a layperson test that isn't trying to be highly scientific but to carry a point that is valid. Especially as most lay people can't own every camera body out there (nor even a majority) in order to develop a neutral workflow for RAW processing that is faithful to the quality adjustments being shown.
But that's the thing RAWs are all over the place with different settings - standard JPEG is a good measure that; for a layperson test that isn't trying to be highly scientific but to carry a point that is valid. Especially as most lay people can't own every camera body out there (nor even a majority) in order to develop a neutral workflow for RAW processing that is faithful to the quality adjustments being shown.