Sentence examples for counterfactual test from inspiring English sources
For example, the counterfactual test so many proponents of DDE use doesn't work to distinguish the terror from the strategic cases.
A better counterfactual test evaluates the effect's status given that a is not F and all of a's other properties or at least all that are potential causal rivals to F are held fixed.
They are not epiphenomenal because, owing to supervenience, they pass a counterfactual test for causal efficacy: A given neural process would not possess its specific neural character if it were not also mental (pp.8 9).
The procedure is to look for an intrinsic process connecting the putative cause and effect; suppress the influence of their non-intrinsic surroundings by "freezing" those surroundings as they actually are; and then subject the putative cause to a counterfactual test.
The counterfactual test seems to give the wrong answer in such cases.
As always in economics, we cannot test the counterfactual; what would have happened with 2% rates and no QE.
The purpose of this analysis is to test for counterfactual and contextual effects of the topical and parenteral SDD components on the bacteremia incidence versus the broader evidence base related to the patient group at risk of VAP.
Nevertheless, possible effects of SSRIs on counterfactual decision making awaits direct test.
Finally, we run a counterfactual analysis to validate the results from the quasi-experiment and test our empirical hypotheses.
Further analyses were conducted to investigate whether the counterfactual target clauses embedded in different test sentences caused a mental processing difference (the antecedents of CC sentences, hereafter, CC1; the consequents of CC sentences, CC2; the counterfactual target clause in CF sentences, CF1; and the counterfactual target clauses in FC sentences, FC2).
Additional techniques from the contemporary evaluation toolkit include: use of propensity scoring for matching and covariance adjustment, multilevel modeling, alternate estimates of the counterfactual, and sensitivity analyses to empirically test the plausibility of validity threats.
