The phrase "actual and valid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is both real and legally or factually acceptable.
Example: "The contract must include actual and valid signatures from all parties involved."
Alternatives: "genuine and acceptable" or "real and legitimate".
By adjusting for only actual confounders valid and more precise estimates could be obtained.
This small-number sample may serve as initial evidence that the measured return intention is a reasonable and valid proxy for actual return behavior.
3 It is therefore essential that these data be an accurate and valid representation of actual performance.
The six ProffNurse SAS components (Direct Clinical Practice, Professional Development, Ethical Decision-Making, Clinical Leadership, Cooperation and Consultation, and Critical Thinking) are both reliable and valid in this actual study.
Next, in order to establish the validity of our self-reported measure of adherence, we examined correlations with measures of self-reported immune status that have previously been demonstrated to be reliable and valid indicators of actual values (Kalichman et al. 2000).
Sixty eight participants agreed to participate in this preliminary study out of seventy four approached, and for sixty two participants all required information was gathered on preferred, predicted and actual outcomes, and a valid PEI score obtained.
Results support the use of the ASCOP as a reliable and valid tool to measure nurses' actual scope of practice.
These demographic factors may limit the extent to which specific observations might apply in other communities but the core findings that cost, misconceptions, social pressures and the conflict between human need for sexual activity and strictures to limit this are at the root of the gap between people's good intentions and their actual behaviour seem valid more widely.
They are "boring and valid".
