The phrase "a preliminary validation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an initial assessment or verification of a concept, method, or data before a more comprehensive evaluation.
Example: "The study presents a preliminary validation of the new testing method, indicating its potential effectiveness."
Alternatives: "an initial assessment of" or "a preliminary verification of".
To our best knowledge, this is the first analysis aimed at a preliminary validation of the daily prospective LC-self against well-validated clinician-rated cross-sectional psychometric scales for the assessment of manic and depressive symptoms.
A preliminary validation of the model is made using reference results in the literature.
Two experiments were carried out for a preliminary validation of the simulation.
Representative numerical simulation test cases provide a preliminary validation of the CPAI concept.
A preliminary validation of POLARIS using the NRCS National Soil Information System NASISS) database shows variable performance over CONUS.
Finally our article presents and discusses the results obtained following a preliminary validation of the developed system.
This sample was used for a preliminary validation study of OIDP and OSS, for which a sample size of 100 200 is recommended [ 17].
The results of a preliminary validation in France on 52 children, showed promising results but no formal validation of the scale has been conducted [ 36] [Table 1.
This report describes the development of a new questionnaire designed to capture and quantify the psychosocial impact of weight gain associated with psychotropic drug use, and presents results of a preliminary validation study.
After a preliminary validation step where numerical predictions of the flame mean quantities are compared successfully with the experimental database, numerical simulations are used to describe the mean structure of stratified flames and in particular the evolution of the mean chemical reaction rate for different partially premixed conditions.
Finally, as a preliminary validation, the accuracy and reliability of the proposed approach is checked through several experimental results taken from the literature and generated by testing, under uniaxial fatigue loading, samples containing a variety of geometrical features, the effect of different nominal load ratios being investigated as well.
