The phrase "avoid imprecise" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when advising someone to steer clear of vague or unclear language in their writing or communication.
Example: "In your report, please avoid imprecise terms that could lead to misunderstandings."
Alternatives: "steer clear of vague" or "refrain from ambiguity".
Thus, investigations of potential increases in the prevalence of insufficient sleep at the population level should incorporate comprehensive subgroup analyses to avoid imprecise epidemiologic estimates.
To avoid imprecise estimations of the lesion volume, due to the different three-dimensional conformation of the lesion, we used an accurate technique for calculating the volume of ischemic brain lesion according with the Cavalieri's principle, as described [ 14].
In addition, due to the small sample size of 72 hospitals, to avoid imprecise parameter estimates caused by excessive covariates, a stepwise selection was performed to ensure that only highly influential variables were considered.
We have modified the Discussion section to avoid any imprecise conclusions.
To avoid conceptual misunderstanding and imprecise use in practice, the suggested approach is designed to be executed in three consecutive stages: modeling a Bayesian network; assessing the risks in terms of probabilities of service failures (PSFs) and impacts of service failures (ISFs); and developing a service failure assessment map.
To avoid basing ENMs on imprecise occurrence data, only records with geographic uncertainty [61] of less than 15 km were retained for analysis.
To prevent misunderstandings, we appeal to researchers in this area to clearly define what they mean by any kind of statistical terms and avoid using ambiguous and imprecise phrasings.
The Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) recommends and encourages researchers to demonstrate that apoptosis or other forms of cell death take place using more than one assay, as an artifact removal feature, and to avoid the 'confusing and imprecise' nomenclature, such as '% apoptosis', which 'should definitively be abandoned'.
It's important for your impact and credibility to avoid asks which are too imprecise.
Scientists should avoid them because they are imprecise, not because of any potential bias.
Care must be taken in defining "similar patients" to avoid selection bias, either by too imprecise or too strict criteria.
