Sentences with phrase «to fit the hypothesis»
To ignore aspects that don't fit the hypothesis is definitely not science.
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You have to «explain» facts that don't fit the hypothesis.
There is a continuum from corrections based on known problems (essential), to adjustments based on probable errors in the data (good practice as long as all assumptions are made clear), to adjustments done solely to make the data fit a hypothesis (distinctly dodgy).
Um, it doesn't take faith or belief to design experiments to test a hypothesis, observe results of said experiments and say that these facts fit the hypothesis.
Everything fit the hypothesis that they were victims of an epidemic.
Such studies would extend the cultural fit hypothesis (Ward and Chang, 1997; Caldwell - Harris and Aycicegi, 2006) from the psychological level to the genetic level.
Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A type of factor analysis where the researcher begins with a preconceived notion or hypothesis of which factors influence which variables and then measures how well the results and data fit the hypothesis.
On top of that, he is a terrible mentor: He provides no guidance, distrusts my training and knowledge, and seems to only like data that fit his hypothesis.
This is long after the 110 million years needed to fit the hypothesis that M. rainbowi is the product of Gondwana's separation.
It fits their hypothesis.
Is there a tendancy to search for data to fit the hypothesis, esp when becoming accepted in the scientific community is political / social in nature?
Their narrow choices biased the results to fit their hypothesis, failing to assess the full range of capabilities.
These rules include, for example, that all relevant data are shown: if I want to make a credible case for any hypothesis, I must not hide parts of a data set which do not fit my hypothesis.
The first 2 trendlines are sub-decadal and should be ignored (although they fit my hypothesis), but the following 3 are decadal periods with distinct trends.
«For anyone that has taken a high school science class, manipulating data to fit a hypothesis is not considered science.
I agree fully with Lars P. March 17, 2012 at 8:09 am : «A data tortured to fit a hypothesis is useless for proper scientific analysis.»
Review of available literature raise the question if these authors have systematically discarded a large number of valid technical papers and older atmospheric CO2 determinations because they did not fit their hypothesis?
Especially when data must be altered in order to fit the hypothesis.
«You end up subconsciously favouring data that fits your hypothesis, so that it's easy to recall the 20 pieces of evidence that fit, versus the 100 that didn't.»
The results support the similarity - fit hypothesis and highlight the importance of considering both child and maternal ADHD symptoms in studies of parenting.
Parent and Child ADHD Symptoms in Relation to Parental Attitudes and Parenting: Testing the Similarity - Fit Hypothesis.
Two hypotheses were tested: the similarity - fit hypothesis, which predicted that parent and child similarity will improve parenting, and the similarity - misfit hypothesis, which predicted the opposite.