The phrase "assumptions against which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing criteria or standards that are used to evaluate or judge something.
Example: "The research findings were analyzed based on the assumptions against which the hypothesis was tested."
Alternatives: "criteria for evaluation" or "standards for comparison".
Ridicule depends on shared assumptions against which the deviant stands in naked relief.
No logical principle stops scientists from choosing different background assumptions against which to interpret their observations.
As a result, scientific theory is not neutral; it presupposes certain social and political values that are among the background assumptions against which the theory is evaluated and hence it is not objective in the traditional sense that requires neutrality (2008, 80).
Physicalism is the background metaphysical assumption against which the problems of philosophy of mind are posed and discussed.
It provides a mathematical framework based on the assumption of unidimensionality and local independence against which the test data can be compared.
However, the assumption that measured GFR is the 'gold standard' against which all estimating formulae should be compared has been called into question [ 21].
In each instance, configural invariance (common number of factors) was established and formed a suitable baseline against which to test the increasingly stringent invariance assumptions.
This base case model served as a comparator against which the effect of alternative parameter values and assumptions was explicitly explored.
This new evidence suggests that gay men may make assumptions about their partner's sero-status using their own HIV status as a barometer against which to guesstimate their partner's HIV status.
We also extrapolated the ATG and/or the STOP positions on the spruce contigs based on the assumption that spruce proteins would be of similar size than the complete Arabidopsis proteins against which they had a match.
This required attending to different assumptions about the conditions under which the technology would be implemented and other value-based perspectives against which potential impacts are judged.
