48 Even if Net Instance is defensible, a deeper analysis is needed to determine how to trade off Net Instance, which supports benefits just for the participant, and principles that more strongly support benefits for the needier non-participant than for the less needy participant.
It is important to note here that while the number of indicators per factor might appear to be insufficient, this was a conscious choice that we feel is both theoretically and methodologically defensible.5 In typical factor analysis, the primary objective is dimension reduction in which fewer factors with numerous indicators are preferable to many factors with few indicators.
Future research should report reliability, validity and measurement error of methods, apply transparent data analysis approaches and include defensible sampling methods to ensure that the findings are generalizable.
With its insistence on using scientific methods to analyze empirical sources of information about concepts, x-phi complements Carnap's (1955) data-driven methodology and embodies a key element in a defensible contemporary alternative to traditional conceptual analysis.
Latent class analysis provides an accurate and defensible project classification.
To ensure sound and scientifically defensible results, filtration of aqueous samples should be avoided if an analysis of the filtrate is not part of the analysis strategy; this is especially important when targeting hydrophobic compounds.
And this consequence will seem defensible only on certain very controversial views about ethics and conceptual analysis.
Some examples of defensible alternative statistical validation attempts would include: validation by meta-analysis; validation using a distinct analytic method (e.g. PCA adjusted vs. not, using imputation vs. not etc).; or validation after accounting for a masking covariate in your analysis (e.g. stratifying or adjusting for a confounder, or considering an interacting variable).
The watershed analysis technique is based on a set of technically rigorous and defensible procedures designed to provide information on what processes are active at the watershed scale, how those processes are distributed in time and space.
The local-scale analysis showed that window preparation was especially important but, in general, creating defensible space adjacent to the home was as important as building construction.
