In this way, the process of data analysis commenced as soon as data collection began, and our early analytical assumptions were pursued in the on-going data collection.
The liberal tradition makes minimal demands of citizens, on the assumption that pursuing one's interests in the private sphere is more important than living a public life.
Contrary to the widely held assumption that pursuing emissions reduction goals will likely slow down the local economy, the experience in Portland shows that climate actions have reduced the cost of doing business and created more-equitable, healthier, and livable neighborhoods.
In the absence of clear prior hypotheses, we did not make any distributional assumptions, nor pursue multivariate modeling.
Adopting a sequential or iterative analysis enabled us to refine questions, develop and challenge assumptions, and pursue emerging avenues of inquiry in later data gathering.
Further in vivo testing of these assumptions is currently being pursued in our laboratory.
The field rests on the assumption that people pursue what they want in the most efficient and rational way possible.
Instead of the traditional path, apprenticeship at his father's shop and the eventual inheritance of the workshop, Immanuel was given the opportunity for higher education, under the assumption he would pursue a religious or civil vocation.
"The deal clearly is driven by low oil prices and is being pursued on the assumption that oil prices will remain low, and that means inflation will remain in check," says Rao Chelasani, chief investment strategist for brokerage, Everex Securities.
These approaches are pursued with the assumption that standard training practices will propel more of them to higher levels of success.
