It is a study of solid methodology, strictly adhering to CONSORT recommendations.
However, the majority of the studies failed to achieve this aim due to a lack of solid methodology.
Especially in a new field, such as systems biology, it is necessary to work on solid methodology development.
Professor Shepard calls the study robust, says he is "confident" in the "solid" methodology used and points to consistency between the Indian study and similar ones done recently in other countries.
According to Steven Wetter, a Northern Trust senior vice president who heads the bank's international indexing group and will serve as the fund's manager, Northern Trust chose the FTSE index as its benchmark because it "has the best and longest track record and the most solid methodology, and is considered the standard" of the growing number of global property indexes.
The Obama campaign has been complaining about Gallup's methodology, and this does not surprise Newport, who insists he does not have "deep flaws," but is nevertheless always "tweaking" his "extremely solid" methodology.
Hmmmmmm... that is an interesting perspective especially when we consider the reputation that many leading research universities possess based on the use of solid methodology, designed to eliminate error and bias, versus the private sector where agendas and clients are often the driving forces behind the poll.
Gene numbers in different species should be considered as approximate since, in spite of the solid methodology used, gene assemblies rarely represent the reality, even of the actual specimens sequenced.
In a broad sense, computing is an area of knowledge from which a popular and effective technology emerged long before a solid, specific, scientific methodology, let alone formal foundations, had been put forward.
