The phrase "against evidence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a position or belief that contradicts or is not supported by available evidence.
Example: "The defendant's claims were made against evidence presented during the trial."
Alternatives: "contrary to evidence" or "in defiance of evidence".
In a similar way, scientists test out new theories against evidence.
It's an ongoing project and it's wise to weigh progress made against evidence of persistent disadvantage.
Plagiarism is more difficult to prove as fraud, since the possibility of coincidence must be weighed against evidence of stealing.
To argue that police efforts to assure compliance with the rule may prove dangerous, however, is not to argue against evidence suppression.
"I think one of the challenges that we see across health and science policy broadly is this reaction against evidence and data," she said.
Around the country some immigration lawyers say they have already detected that they are arguing against evidence that they are not allowed to see.
The results of the cluster analysis were tested against evidence-based information such as UNEP priorities and regional stakeholder evidence.
The use of tear gas on children including infants and toddlers in diapers— goes against evidence-based recommendations, and threatens their short and long-term health.
We aimed to compare the clinical judgments of a reference panel of emergency medicine academic physicians against evidence-based likelihood ratios (LRs) regarding the diagnostic value of selected clinical and paraclinical findings in the context of a script concordance test (SCT).
The third report compared practices of selected childbirth care procedures against evidence-based information and explored user and provider views about each procedure in four hospitals in Shanghai, China [13].
Third, the present use of knee MRI should be evaluated against evidence-based guidelines or other appropriateness criteria [ 30].
