The direction of the host switch within plasmodiophorids is equivocal, because of the unresolved branching order of the deep branching taxa, including Woronina.
The evidence for carcinogenic effects of butyl benzyl phthalate in female rats was judged to be equivocal because of the variable nature of the incidence of myelomonocytic leukemia in Fischer 344 rats.
Unfortunately, joint analyses of asbestos and organochlorine exposure were equivocal because most of the pleural and other respiratory cancers occurred in workers exposed to both factors, and there were insufficient numbers to determine whether there were increased risks in workers exposed to nonvolatile organochlorines alone.
The investigation has been termed by many experts as "equivocal," partly because the effects of fluoride on mice differed so sharply from those on rats.
When data from the three trials are summarized, the result is equivocal because of a suggestion of heterogeneity and uncertainty about the most appropriate pooling model 4. Bupropion is more effective using fixed-effect modelling (OR = 1.54, 95% CI = 1.01 2.37), but not with a random-effect model (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 0.71 2.56).
The evidence is equivocal because we use a number of different regression models to deal with the uncertainties inherent in a large, cross-national panel dataset – unobserved country-level differences, or, to invoke a familiar phrase, "unknown unknowns".
7.44am: Jon Craig on Sky thinks the Johnson statement was slightly equivocal, because he did not criticise Purnell's decision in the way that David Miliband did.
Downing Street's initial reaction was equivocal because officials had no knowledge of the Gove master plan.
My gastroenterologist was pleased, but after talking to Blaser, the news seemed more equivocal, because H. pylori also does us a lot of good.
