Although sister-group comparisons have been criticized based on the fact that they ignore information in tree topologies [53], the large taxonomical scale of this study and the lack of an adequate (genus-level) supertree for angiosperms precluded the use of methods based on tree topologies.
ICU admission of patients with nonresectable lung cancer has been criticized based on the high mortality rate in this population.
The widely cited Anderson method, especially among non-avian dinosaur researchers, is criticized based on its use of a taxonomically biased sample towards ungulates (for example, [ 70]).
If a job is open, and all candidates have a chance to compete, should the employer be praised or criticized based on the outcome of that search?
"Some people are just too easy to impress and we critics, well, the good ones, are not," says Chesterman. "We are prepared to actually criticize based on actual reasons.
"And people are very quick to criticize based on 'But what happens if this doesn't work and what happens if this doesn't work?' And I say, 'Well, I don't know now, but I know I'll know more when I get there.' And I feel that we're at this point where we need to throw caution to the wind and just try".
Animal testing is needed, and the mouse is the only model currently available for routine drug testing in CF. Like every animal model of human disease, the CF mouse model has been criticized, mainly based on the lack of spontaneous lung disease, most prominent in CF patients.
The results are highly dependent on this prior assumption, and may therefore be criticized for being based on the opposite of a null hypothesis.
Data of this type can be criticized since they are based on attained size of individuals and not on actual growth patterns [ 15].
