The phrase "a reference against which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a standard or benchmark for comparison in various contexts, such as evaluations, assessments, or measurements.
Example: "The performance metrics serve as a reference against which we can evaluate the success of our project."
Alternatives: "a benchmark for comparison" or "a standard for evaluation".
It further establishes a reference against which future pulses and multi-channel designs can be compared.
As a reference against which to compare MEMOIR's results, they used time-lapse microscopy to track lineage development over three or four cell divisions.
To address these questions, we obtained measurements from carefully controlled laboratory experiments, and employ them as a reference against which numerical results are benchmarked and compared.
It is believed the tabulated results will prove useful to designers and provide a reference against which other researchers can compare their results.
Contained in this is not only the potential to compand frequencies individually, but to actually use a sound file or pink noise as a reference against which a sound is companded.
So as long as both Alice and Bob know the way in which all these abstract dimensions are related, the third provides a reference against which measurements of the other two can be made.
The biomass estimates established in this study provide a useful reference against which future estimates can be compared, and sets a baseline for calculating changes in carbon stocks over time.
The group chose to proceed with the ASPH core competency model for MPH programs [ 15] as a standard reference against which we judged the curricular contents included within an M&E track/ concentration.
It is expected that results tabulated here will form a valuable reference against which the results of other researchers may be compared.
Use of Z-scores provides a common reference against which cohort-specific growth can be assessed.
This dataset, which provides a stable reference against which sequencing errors may be determined, is used to assess the performance of our approach.
