The phrase "a level of confirmation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the degree or extent to which something has been verified or validated.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, we need to obtain a level of confirmation from the stakeholders regarding their approval."
Alternatives: "a degree of assurance" or "a measure of validation".
In addition the inverse correlation between IL-8 and ERα expression could provide a level of diagnostic confirmation.
Further, both DNA strands can be analyzed in parallel, and the specific target amplification can be validated simultaneously with mass analysis, providing a level of internal confirmation not achievable by other methods.
Although there may be a high level of confirmation during experimental testing, a thorough follow-up of operated patients is mandatory to make sure that clinical results are consistent with experimental data.
Humans are better able to rationally process information, giving equal weight to multiple viewpoints, if they are emotionally distant from the issue (although a low level of confirmation bias can still occur when an individual has no vested interests).
Manual review of 235 randomly selected patient records revealed a high level of confirmation for drug exposure to individual medications, with both sensitivity and specificity of 94%.
Since papers were selected at random with respect to all factors, the proportion of positive results in this sample is a proxy of the level of confirmation bias.
We sorted the set of protein pairs collected by Arifuzzaman using APPIA score as a measure of the likelihood of a functional association, and compared the level of confirmation for the 'n' best scoring pairs with the level obtained for the whole Arifuzzaman data set and for those pairs predicted for the whole proteome (Fig. 4).
On average, the remaining 138 genes were identified in only two studies, and the highest level of confirmation involved upregulation of a single gene (GATA3) in only 6 of the 13 studies.
The purpose of this study is to design a prospective clinical trial in which we hope to achieve the highest level of confirmation in identifying and making treatment recommendations for subgroups, when the risk levels in the control arm can be ordered.
