VALCRI's main job is to help generate plausible ideas about how, when and why a crime was committed as well as who did it. (newscientist.com)
Qualitative «exploratory» studies can also be valued for their potential to generate plausible ideas for assessment items to be field tested for their psychometric properties (Rossi, Wright, & Anderson, 1983). (citejournal.org)
Indeed, just as the title intimates — the thinking behind the 21st century is thinking that can generate plausible ideas for a new political economy. (globaleducationmagazine.com)