Sentence examples for descriptive representations from inspiring English sources

However, they cannot be taken as the best descriptive representations of language.

Truly important and significant hypotheses will be found to have 'assumptions' that are wildly inaccurate descriptive representations of reality, and, in general, the more significant the theory, the more unrealistic the assumptions (in this sense) (The Methodology of Positive Economics, p.14).

The descriptive representations of cell structure for each of these cellular biology models came from the textbook review, specifically from Raven et al. (2011, pp. 67 68) and Reece et al. (2011, pp. 100 101).

First, there are occasions in democracy that lend themselves to descriptive representation.

Second, descriptive representation can potentially recast underrepresented groups as "capable of ruling".

This paper examines the impact of descriptive representation in comparative perspective.

She argued that "descriptive representation", or representation by people who, in some way, look and sound like their voter base, is good in certain contexts.

"One of Us: Multilevel Models Examining the Impact of Descriptive Representation on Civic Engagement". HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-030, September 2009.

Genuinely understanding the world as seen by others was a major priority for Smart, but he was not content to leave descriptive representation without acknowledging its challenge for the starting point of others.

The first section provides an overview of existing research on descriptive representation and the civic engagement of women and young people.

However, there has been no multi-country cross-institutional, cross-socioeconomulti-country cross-institutionalween incumulti-country cross-institutionalpresentation.