Validation is seen as an issue of convincing readers of the authenticity of research findings whilst simultaneously ensuring that explanations are deemed plausible.
Still, the fact that the story was deemed plausible enough to publish as a joke spoke volumes about the esteem in which the teenager was held.
Because it has become open season on Rodriguez at the putative end of the 2012 season, any newsbreak has become possible — and immediately deemed plausible.
But in the second and third, they thrived, gaining successive promotions - it is a story that no one would have deemed plausible at the time.
The interviews did not result in major changes, since the model was deemed plausible.
Each model input was varied within a range deemed plausible following consideration of the published evidence and advice from clinical experts.
A RNA-based replication mechanism involving complementary interaction of trinucleotides with the template, as opposed to mononucleotides, was deemed plausible by Poole et al., given the low efficiency (long characteristic turnover times) of ribozymes.
Participants with high dairy product intakes were not excluded as the intakes were deemed plausible and, when examined in consumers only, no intakes were more than 1 SD higher than the median.
For the mortality analysis, we examined risk factors deemed plausible, including original treatment regimen, sex, education, marital status, occupation, baseline CD4+ cell count, baseline viral load and replacing ddI with 3TC and drug resistance as time-dependent covariates.
To quantify the energy savings associated with insulation retrofits in existing single-family homes, we use a regression-based approach to simulate energy savings in a number of prototype homes in different cities and apply those findings to the set of homes where insulation retrofits were deemed plausible.
After research and experimentation, they might determine that they have "busted" a myth or confirmed it, or they might simply deem it "plausible" but not proved.
