Sentences with phrase «theory against the data»

Ideally, of course, we would hold up this economic theory against the data.

What you need is an actual physical model or cause, so you can check a theory against data.

Not exact matches

Mays recognizes that Whitehead's method in speculative philosophy is akin to the hypothetico - deductive method of the sciences, where from particular observed data one frames a theory and then tests it against other data.

If you buy into either theory, we got more than two years» worth of data that points to betting against teams before their trip aboard.

Well sorry to say but number theory is now applied in encryption software to help us fight against the data breaches.

But in theory this quantum communication is perfectly secure against hackers trying to eavesdrop on the data.

Known for developing theories based on experimentation and data collection rather than abstract thought, Alhazen stressed the need to test results — especially those considered canon, as he wrote in his Doubts Against Ptolemy:

While one theory holds that the differences reflect species range — that maybe some species simply don't exist in some countries — our data finding microbes typical of the developing world at the mid-stage in Bangladeshi patients argue against that hypothesis.»

If you don't seek data and arguments against your theory, someone else will, usually with great glee and in a public forum.

A jury assessing evidence against a defendant, a CEO evaluating information about a company or a scientist weighing data in favor of a theory will undergo the same cognitive process.

Experiments usually require tinkering, theories can be articulated in different ways, background assumptions can often be challenged, and data rarely speak univocally in favor of one theory or against another.

There is a lot of theory behind this, but 11 of the 12 human studies completed suggest that there is a lot of data against high - fat diets in preserving brain health (specifically saturated fats).

Osborne takes a theory of decentralization, autonomy, accountability, and choice, tests that theory against real experience, and marshals substantial data to argue that the new systemic approach is succeeding.

Set against today's data - processed landscape, the artworks in All Watched Over transform data into hidden messages, unifying theories, complex diagrams, and personal or cultural cosmologies.

As I said, a GCM is a theory of climate implemented in software run against a data set.

The two most common arguments against warming theories seem to be (1) local temperature variations (or mutually - inconclusive data) disprove global warming itself; and (2) models aren't real science, anyway, so we don't need to worry about them.

The system could also, I think, be used to check some weather and climate theories against historical temperature data, because (a) it handles incomplete temperature data, (b) it provides a structure (the model) in which such theories can be represented, and (c) it provides ratings for evaluation of the theories.

Johnson, G. T., T. R. Oke, T. J. Lyons, D. G. Steyn, I. D. Watson and J. A. Voogt, 1991: «Simulation of surface urban heat islands under «ideal» conditions at night, Part 1: Theory and tests against field data,» Boundary - Layer Meteorology, 56, 275 - 294.

Part 1: Theory and tests against field data.

no matter what the evidence against, the theory is correct or the» I am not going to give you my data as you will poke holes in it»... that sort of position indicates the «scientist» has gone missing.

My claim (verified in the evolution case) is what you would expect to see is almost all of the reputable scientific organizations defending the theory while a group attacks it and claims that they are being mistreated, that data is being manipulated, that the scientific community is suppressing data and arguments against the theory, etc., etc..

Climatology is more like astrophysics, where observational data is matched against predictions from theory.

In order to get this patent granted, they argued that the patent sets itself apart from the prior art by teaching that there be two different kinds of memory, one for the screen content and a separate one for the audio data that is generated, but Samsung's infringement theory against Apple is that it's sufficient to have two different blocks of memory (even if we're talking about the same physical memory unit).

I'd argue that that's simply wishful thinking that goes against well - established economic theory and data of how innovation and technology enters new sectors.