Sentences with phrase «on hypothesis tests»

A new model of organizational change depends less on persuasion and more on hypothesis testing - the synthesis of data analysis and leadership decision making.

Last year, when we conversed on hypothesis testing, he stated that many scientists consider one hypothesis at a time, where he, as a geologist, may entertain several.

Thanks for that, especially the link on hypothesis testing.

In search of golden rules: Comment on hypothesis testing approaches to setting cutoff values for fit indices and dangers in overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) findings

Not exact matches

But the tests that I've found most fruitful are the qualitative ones, where we run a pilot based on a hypothesis about what people want.

I have UX training, decades of experience, personal preferences, and career UX / UXD professionals on my team, and even with all these seemingly valuable data points, it only yields a UX hypothesis that must be validated with user testing.

Solanezumab, a drug developed by Eli Lilly that also acts on the amyloid hypothesis, failed some key clinical trials, though the company is still testing it in the pre-clinical stages of the disease.

If you think changing specific elements could enhance your design, create another version based on your hypothesis and run an A / B test to see if there is any improvement in checkout rates with the new design.

But proving the hypothesis is difficult, or even impossible, since it would ideally involve running neurological tests on our long - dead ancestors.

The latest contribution to the literature, Race and Bankruptcy, by Ed Morrison (Columbia), Belisa Pang (Columbia), and Antoine Uettwiller (Imperial College Business School), tests an alternative hypothesis that pivots on a selection effect: «Financially distressed African Americans may be more likely to benefit from Chapter 13 than other consumers.»

We then test our hypothesis that African Americans» reliance on automobiles is a cause of their substantially higher use of Chapter 13.

Grounded Theory Interviews: this can be used when there is a need to test and validate hypotheses on specific «grounded» observations or data.

I have a lot of faith in science, not in the unscientific assumption that atheists make that reality is purely mechanistic, but in the procedures of testing hypotheses, questioning assumptions, measuring results, replicating experiments, and in general debating and persuading based on actual evidence.

Theories are revised and improved based on the results of testing hypotheses.

Test / Experiment Data can only Accept or Reject a certain null hypothesis based on set criteria.

Based on the verbal and nonverbal data that can be acquired in therapy, the therapist must continually test out various hypotheses as to the real nature of the patient's illness in an attempt to help the patient better cope with his or her world.

To do that we have to establish a way to prove an assumption by: 1) asserting a hypothesis and its components 2) testing the components for substantial supporting evidence, unsupported components go back to be refined 3) either agree after successful testing that in our shared reality the hypothesis is now supported, or that overall unsupported components may mean the hypothesis fails 4) for sake of ease many people call these tested and supported hypotheses «facts», but again that's just so that we can get on with progress.

One can never test an individual hypothesis conclusively in a «crucial experiment»; for if a deduction is not confirmed experimentally, one can not be sure which one, from among the many assumptions on which the deduction was based, was in error.

I read through the book again today, and am developing a hypothesis about the nature of the book, but will need to think on it for quite some time, and read through the book several more times to test it.

The effect of all this is to throw into relief the results, and especially the theological results, of the work done on the basis of a given hypothesis of gospel interrelationships as the only effective test of the validity of that hypothesis.

Testing the Hypothesis on Neontological and Paleontological Evidence,» Journal of Morphology 266 (2005): 125 - 66.

Creationism refuses to test hypotheses, depending on absolute belief in the written word.

Since our main interest in this book is to demonstrate an intelligible approach to religion, we need not dwell long on such alternative hypotheses which in the nature of the case can not at present be tested.

So I've started testing my pectin - thickening hypothesis on other recipes (like homemade coconut yogurt and citrus curd)(and eventually — if I ever have a proper kitchen again — panna cotta and pots de créme), and hopefully I'll be able to share them with you sometime in the not so distant future.

To test his hypothesis, Dr. Li and colleagues assessed information on 185 infants who died of SIDS and 312 other babies who did not die of SIDS.

They tested their hypothesis by selecting 600 babies deemed high risk for peanut allergies, and giving half Bamba on a regular basis, while the other half avoided peanut - based foods altogether.

Mom and Dad can begin experimenting on the day their baby is born, and they can continue to test hypotheses well into their child's toddler years.

The prospective design of the IFPS II, the large sample size, as well as the extensive information on infant and maternal dietary practices make it useful for studying exclusive breastfeeding practices and testing hypotheses in a prospective manner [27].

For motor development, we can not reject the null hypothesis, even though we found borderline significant trends towards lower scores on motor developmental tests both at 13 months, and at 5 years of age (balance score).

MatGB, Well, yes, it may be consistent within that worldview, but the reality - based community is allowed to see whether we have any information to test the hypothesis before we implement it on the basis of these very confident assertions.

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To test her hypothesis, she asked 28 four - year - olds and 28 five - year - olds to view images of up to three shapes on a computer screen for a short time.

The image on the left shows the variables Eloy's numerical model used to calculate trees to test his wind - force hypothesis.

Since clinical zinc deficiency reduces the test animals» appetite, «various hypotheses were derived, for example, that zinc deficiency had a direct impact on the vagus nerve.

To accurately test the hypothesis of a lower risk of recurrence with HRT, a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital published in European Urology Focus, performed a systematic review and meta - analysis, pooling available data, to assess whether an improved risk of recurrence could be demonstrated using HRT compared with CRT, in addition to assessing the relative impact of these two treatments on bladder and rectal function.

In 1988, she tested that hypothesis on cat fetuses using a poison called tetrodotoxin, which prevents nerve impulses from firing.

To test this hypothesis, Keller and his colleague Robert Hammond combed the scientific literature for data on 50 species of ants, wasps, and bees.

In a nutshell, here's how the model works, based on a general description provided by the Center for Open Science's (COS's) Open Science Framework (OSF): Before researchers even begin the experiments, they submit a manuscript presenting a clear hypothesis that they plan to test and their proposed experimental methods and analyses.

A close encounter on 24 January with debris from a comet could provide a chance to test the hypothesis.

A major focus of my research is on developing new technologies, based on hypothesis - driven, targeted mass spectrometry, for relieving this bottleneck to testing potential new blood - based diagnostics for detection of cancer.

«The experiments are focused on single traits, to test specific hypotheses» says Vargas.

«We now need to test this hypothesis in other species and in the same studied species too but in wider depth ranges and in other Antarctic areas because the minimum pH value can vary in depth depending on the area they are.

However, many industry insiders say these changes are opening up unique opportunities for researchers who focus on translating basic science into real - world cures and are eager to explore the molecular mechanisms of disease, test hypotheses, and do work that benefits patients.

His theories were dismissed as «world - bluffing Jewish physics» by some prominent German physicists, who claimed to practice «true» German science based on observations of the natural world and hypotheses that could be tested in a laboratory.

First author Professor Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Director of Institute of Experimental Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, who invented the mouse clinic concept, said: «Our findings with regard to the genes examined are now available to the scientific community as a valid data set, which can be downloaded free of charge from the IMPC (International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium) website, and form an excellent basis on which we and other research groups can develop and test new hypotheses.»

Testing this hypothesis on dairy farm manure is the next phase of our project, and we are seeing some positive results.»

On the basis of recent insights into the characteristics of conscious and unconscious thought, we tested the hypothesis that simple choices (such as between different towels or different sets of oven mitts) indeed produce better results after conscious thought, but that choices in complex matters (such as between different houses or different cars) should be left to unconscious thought.

Thus, the first step that NuSI - funded researchers will take is to test the competing hypotheses on weight loss, which can happen relatively quickly.

Using molecular - genetic methods, a German - Chinese research team has now tested an alternative colonization hypothesis on lazy toads (Pelobatoidea).