The phrase "adequacy of the reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing whether a reference source meets the necessary standards or requirements for a particular purpose.
Example: "The adequacy of the reference was called into question during the review process, as it did not provide sufficient evidence to support the claims made."
Alternatives: "sufficiency of the reference" or "suitability of the reference".
Assuming that the expression ratios should not vary between assays, the variation between the expression ratios is used as an inverse measure, here referred to as gene variability, of the adequacy of the reference genes to be used for normalisation.
Finally, we extensively explored many potential sources of heterogeneity, including the adequacy of the reference standard.
Adequacy of the reference standard for studies that report on severe pre-eclampsia as an outcome will be based on the definition of severe pre-eclampsia.
We planned to investigate the effect of age group, continent where the study took place, and adequacy of the reference standard on summary estimates of sensitivity and specificity by adding each factor as a covariate to the bivariate model.
Nineteen study cohorts (40%) did not provide enough information for us to adequately assess the adequacy of the reference standard, which we judged to be the most important quality indicator for this review.
For adequacy of the reference standard, six studies were scored 'Yes', 12 studies were scored 'No' and five studies were scored 'Unclear'; there was no evidence (P = 0.54) to suggest a difference in sensitivity or specificity, or both.
Providing adequate performance after hiring is nowhere mentioned in §686.10. 2 It is true, as the dissent notes, post, at 4, that a personal assistant must provide two written or oral references, see §686.10(c), but judging the adequacy of these references is the sole prerogative of the customer.
It is important in constructing charts of this type to test the adequacy of the model fitted both with reference to the raw data used to construct the charts and to the assumptions on which the model relies [ 20, 21].
The user can also use a number of existing bioconductor packages and functions to perform quality control on their data, and can check the adequacy of reference genes visually.
For example, Morgan et al. assessed the adequacy of the oncologist workforce in Australia by using the reference ratio of seven oncologists per million inhabitants.
