The phrase "a test against which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a standard or benchmark for evaluating something.
Example: "The new software will serve as a test against which all future applications will be measured."
Alternatives: "a benchmark for" or "a standard by which".
The RnD System's IFN-γ ELISA was used as a comparative test against which the different luminex kits where compared.
Mr Icahn's offer, which may yet be put to tender, is viewed as a test case against which future bids for large domestic firms will be measured; the Korean government has said it will look at toughening takeover regulations.
The novel is a test case against which to evaluate both proslavery and mainstream abolitionist representations of interracial kinship.
It would be shameful to conceal it.How to define victoryThis is the case for war, and the test against which any outcome in the Gulf must be measured.
It set me up for seriously fantasizing that Mom and Dad would find a way to come up with those 35 or 40 expectations, for each of us, in some kind of test against which holiday magic would inevitably have to be reconsidered.
The RVS method (NMKL 71.5.1999) was used as the reference test against which the isolation rate obtained from the MSRV method (NMKL 187.2007) was compared.
In the present study both blood and bone marrow cultures were not feasible so we used IgM anti lipopolysaccharide ELISA as our reference test against which we compared the sensitivity and specificity of the used tests.
Related to these investigations is the recent development of a test against JC virus antibodies which might help to predict what patients are at a greater risk of developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy when taking natalizumab.
end{aligned}As expected, this test is locally equivalent to a test against a restricted Ma(2), which is also locally equivalent to the two-sided version of the test against an unrestricted Ar(1).
The results are given as z-scores which are a test against the assumed Gaussian distribution of the words.
