The phrase "assessing the theory of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when evaluating or analyzing a specific theory in a particular field of study or context.
Example: "In this paper, we will be assessing the theory of evolution and its implications for modern biology."
Alternatives: "evaluating the theory of" or "analyzing the theory of".
Learning Objective: Students learn how to assess the theory of change of an intervention aimed at improving political representation of women in India and also learn how to (and how not to) assess the causal effect of an intervention.
Yet, most of the cases selected in this study have been reported by mainstream media, and new media reports (e.g. social media, internet) and the involvement of opinion leaders have been included as explanatory conditions to assess the theory of resource mobilization.
We assessed the theories of carcinogenesis and postulated that the cancer development was related to the reflux of intestinal bacteria into the bile duct.
We further assess the theory postulating that characterization of policy problems is a product of a political process, other than objectivity (Hoornbeek and Peters 2017) in relation to Uganda's policies relevant to rangelands.
Parents (N = 391) completed a questionnaire assessing the standard theory of planned behaviour (TPB) measures of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control (PBC), and intention as well as the underlying TPB belief-based items (i.e., behavioural, normative, and control beliefs) in addition to a measure of perceived risk and demographic variables.
The stability characteristics of various compact fourth- and sixth-order spatial operators are assessed with the theory of Gustafsson, Kreiss, and Sundström (G-K-S) for the semidiscrete initial boundary value problem.
The intentions and the attitudes toward Pap screening were assessed using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), which has been widely used in cervical cancer prevention research [ 7, 13, 18, 19].
Both the emotion recognition task, in which six different emotions were assessed, and the theory of mind tasks were analysed using multivariate regression to increase efficiency and reduce type 1 errors from multiple testing.
The need of assessing the underlying theory in addition to the efficacy/outcome evaluation adds to the burden [ 41].
