Sentence examples for examining a hypothesis from inspiring English sources

Some researchers have been examining a hypothesis that Japanese masu salmon are infected with the plerocercoid not in freshwater but in the sea during their migration through the Sea of Okhotsk, possibly through another intermediate host that links the freshwater copepod and the wild salmon at sea (14 ).

Based on field observations, we analytically examined a hypothesis of grazing optimization in which herbivory improves the photosynthetic ability of individual plants.

This study examines a hypothesis that motorcyclists with a history of traffic offences will make riskier driving decisions and engage in more risk-taking behavior because of poor response inhibition, accentuated by the behavioral-impairment effect of impulsivity.

Our study was specifically designed to examine a hypothesis that the risk of new onset diabetes was associated with statin potency.

This study represents opportunistic secondary use of high-quality data from well-conducted randomised trials to examine a hypothesis about one possible cause of socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival in the general population.

Our analytic methods allowed us to examine a hypothesis previously untested at the genetic level - namely that both high and low serotonergic activity genotypes (e.g., 5HTTLPR) exert risk for ADHD symptoms.

Statistical tests examining a priori hypotheses are directional and are noted as such in the text.

Examining an alternative hypothesis, to investigate the role of slow glycolytic oscillations in controlling electrical activity in β-cells, Weirschem and Bertram (S153) coupled the minimal models of glycolytic oscillation (S154) and electrical bursting in islets (S136).

The authors then return to examining a different alternative hypothesis — that pollinators don't lay eggs in all the fig ovules because they run out of eggs.

We experimentally examined a key hypothesis in a sexually dimorphic ungulate, the Soay sheep, Ovis aries, using a maze design.

Can you reduce the number of sub-questions? 3. What is the purpose of the assignment (e.g., review knowledge already learned, find additional information, synthesize research, examine a new hypothesis)?