Sentences with phrase «through hypothesis testing»

She is seeking a position from which to drive business solutions and growth through hypothesis testing and analytics.

In the early 1700s, he created the scientific method by which all science proceeds through hypothesis testing and data collection.

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We are building our business plans through testing hypotheses, and some of them are really starting to look like viable businesses: at least some of us plan to take them «live.»

The principle difference that most people don't understand though is that «scientific theory» means that it's a hypothesis that's been repeatedly tested and supported with multiple pieces of evidence through many different trials and approaches.

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.

Psychoanalysis was hostile to the idea of testing hypotheses through experiments.

«Working with TACC through XSEDE and using supercomputers allowed us to test a hypothesis, and apply physical process based models to coastal areas,» Hill said.

We test this hypothesis through phylogenetic analysis on 48 avian genomes we collected or assembled, representing all commonly accepted extant neognath orders (36, 37) and two palaeognaths, with several nonavian reptiles and human as outgroups.

Here, we tested the hypothesis that oxidative stress in the fetal heart and vasculature underlies the molecular basis through which prenatal hypoxia contributes to the developmental programming of cardiac and endothelial dysfunction.

To test this hypothesis, wild - type and mutant animals were weighed at time points from larval through adult stages.

Scientific inquiry involves the development and testing of hypotheses based on a systematic collection and analysis of data acquired through observations, experiments, and computer simulations.

Through a largely self - directed process of inquiry and exploration, students develop hypotheses, test their interpretations, and step into the shoes of an ecosystem scientist faced with an ecological mystery.

This resource guides students through processing and analysing data retrieved from the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Hypothesis and Planning, Averages from Grouped Data, Cumulative Frequency Graphs, Scatter Graphs and Analysis of Results Skills tested are GCSE level but could be done with anyone who has learnt the techniques involved.

There is good evidence, too, that the ability to reason scientifically — by testing hypotheses through well - controlled experiments — is a strong predictor of later success in the sciences and that this skill can be developed through programmes that allow pupils to design experiments that require them to control variables.

The digital ECMs in this study were refined through multiple field tests with in - service teachers (Callahan et al., 2013a, 2014) and continued data - driven hypotheses for their optimal design and use (Callahan et al., 2013b).

The goal of a minimum viable product (MVP), in «Lean Startup» parlance, is to test out a business hypothesis through a quickly produced, stripped - down model of a product that can be brought to market quickly and inexpensively.

Active managers test this hypothesis every day through their efforts to outperform their benchmarks and deliver superior risk - adjusted returns.

In trying a combination of weapons and power to defeat an enemy, the player's mind goes through the process of hypothesis testing, which is an important foundation for scientific thinking.

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/hypothesis In science, a hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation.

In science, a hypothesis needs to go through a lot of testing before it gets labeled a theory.

Knowledge about the world can not be achieved through the systematic formulation and testing of hypotheses through observation and experimentation.

I thought I knew what «science» was about: the crafting of hypotheses that could be tested and refined through observation via studies that were challenged and replicated by the broader community until the hypothesis is generally accepted or rejected by the broader community.

A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.

There have been many studies aiming to test this hypothesis since AR4, 50 which fall in two categories: i) studies that seek to establish a causal relationship between cosmic rays and 51 aerosols / clouds by looking at correlations between the two quantities on timescales of days to decades, and 52 ii) studies that test through observations or modelling one of the physical mechanisms that have been put 53 forward.

There have been many studies aiming to test this hypothesis since AR4, which fall in two categories: i) studies that seek to establish a causal relationship between cosmic rays and aerosols / clouds by looking at correlations between the two quantities on timescales of days to decades, and studies that test through observations or modeling one of the physical mechanisms that have been put forward.

Demarcation in science is falsification of hypotheses through tests.

These hypotheses will be tested through detailed analysis of climate and atmospheric model experiments.

«principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.»

If I limited the test to forecasting the trend only and use the linear trend from 1969 — 1988 (0.15 per decade) as the null hypothesis to compare with Hansen's trend the skill of Hansen is — 1.76 i.e. just sticking a line through the last 20 years is much more skillful.

To test their hypothesis, they studied Jamaican Gray lizards, (A. lineatopus) and found that when light is transmitted through the dewlap, perceptual overlap is decreased.

Just a quick question — how can hypotheses be «tested» through numerical model experiments?

But we're not just trolling through the data looking for random possibilities — we're testing a specific hypothesis.

In collaboration with several GC thought leaders and their in - house teams, we are testing hypotheses through data analysis to learn which in - house and law firm practices yield the best results.

and I went through it very carefully, formed some hypotheses, and started testing them.

The study showed significant difference in parasympathetic activity between patients with BPD and healthy controls through differences in RSA.31 Ebner - Priemer et al recorded 24 hours ECG signals on 50 patients with BPD and 50 healthy controls.32 HRV was calculated for the period at night at which the average HR was lowest; the results from the study tested the hypothesis that HRV is lower in BPD.

Path analyses also tested for possible mediation effects through positive emotions for Hypotheses 4 and 9.

The first model tested Hypothesis 1 — that collectivism would exert a negative indirect effect on commitment through parental influence, but a positive indirect effect through family allocentrism.

The hypothesis could be tested whether mindful parenting works primarily through changing attentional processes in parents, whereas behavioral parent training works primarily through changing parental behaviors.

In future, it would be important to systematically investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness programs for different participant groups (with respect to child problems as well as parental problems) as well as testing specific hypotheses about the six mechanisms through which the program might work in clinical settings.

To clarify this relationship, we tested the following hypotheses in a population - based study: (1) children with ADHD have a higher risk of developing depression than children without ADHD; (2) the pathway from ADHD to depression is mediated (partly) through anxiety and disruptive behavior disorders; and (3) mediation through anxiety is more prevalent in girls, and mediation through disruptive behavior disorders is more prevalent in boys.

Analyses of findings from an earlier intensive child development program for low birth weight children and their parents (the Infant Health and Development Program) suggest that the cognitive effects for the children were mediated through the effects on parents, and the effects on parents accounted for between 20 and 50 % of the child effects.10 A recent analysis of the Chicago Child Parent Centers, an early education program with a parent support component, examined the factors responsible for the program's significant long - term effects on increasing rates of school completion and decreasing rates of juvenile arrest.11 The authors conducted analyses to test alternative hypotheses about the pathways from the short - term significant effects on children's educational achievement at the end of preschool to these long - term effects, including (a) that the cognitive and language stimulation children experienced in the centres led to a sustained cognitive advantage that produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour; or (b) that the enhanced parenting practices, attitudes, expectations and involvement in children's education that occurred early in the program led to sustained changes in the home environments that made them more supportive of school achievement and behavioural norms, which in turn produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour.

The following hypotheses were tested in a longitudinal, population - based study: (1) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are associated with peer dislike and victimisation; (2) Peer dislike and victimisation increase the risk for subsequent depression; and (3) The effect of ADHD symptoms on depression is partly mediated through peer dislike and victimisation.