The phrase "and tested the implication" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the evaluation or examination of a particular assumption or consequence in a study or analysis.
Example: "The researchers conducted a series of experiments and tested the implication of their hypothesis on the results."
Alternatives: "and evaluated the implication" or "and assessed the implication".
Concrete experience is the impetus for creating knowledge through a process of "observing and reflecting on that experience, forming abstract concepts and generalisations, and testing the implications of these new concepts in new situations" ([ 62], p.46).
Consequently, we tested the implication of this site in the modulation of PPARγ activity by ghrelin, both in transfected 293 cells and in THP-1 macrophages.
In the sensitivity analyses, we tested the implications of this assumption by separating fatal and non-fatal accidents.
Finally, we tested the implications of our assumption of equal outcome severity from bicycle and car accidents.
We have tested the implications of short versus long time horizons for the produced climate services.
We tested the implications of a common BLAST E-value cutoff for all non-miRNA families.
In our sensitivity analyses we tested the implications of applying higher price elasticities.
The underlying assumption was that participants in the inquiry group would create new knowledge from their concrete experience; by observing and reflecting thereupon; by forming abstract concepts and generalisations; and by testing the implications of these concepts in new situations.
Our study advances existing knowledge as it empirically and quantitatively tests the implications of GM OSR production under a wide range of scenarios.
85 Hence, the hypothesis that DTP has a negative effect on mortality can only be tested indirectly, first by making logical deductions about epidemiological trends and testing these in other data sets and, second, by testing the implications in randomised trials.
