Sentence examples for explanatory at from inspiring English sources

On the one hand, there are generalizations and associated putative explanations (like the generalization relating barometric pressure to the occurrence of storms and the generalization relating the hexing of salt to its dissolution in water) that are not explanatory at all; they fall below the threshold of explanatoriness.

There are examples of arguments that fit the patterns approved by Hempel and yet fail to count as explanatory, at least by ordinary lights.

If we reject this idea, we must adopt the conclusion that in any domain only the most unified theory that is known is explanatory at all; everything else is non-explanatory.

The results will be presented as adjusted ORs with 95% CIs; we will adjust for all variables that could be independently explanatory at a p≤0.1 for respective end points.

There is, for example, "Fresh Kills," about a live poultry market in Williamsburg, and "Late Night Nosh," which is self-explanatory, at least in New York City.

The setup here can be repetitive and over-explanatory at times.

In a VAR(1) model, the PDCs measure the linear association between a dependent variable at time t and an explanatory variable at time t-1 after removing the linear effects of all other variables at time t-1.

Yet, the stepwise method re-enters facets removed from the analysis at preceding steps if they gain their significant explanatory effect at later steps (i.e. upon removal of problem facets with suppressor effects).

To Althusser, the propositions which have explanatory value at the level of ontology and cosmology also have value at the level of political philosophy.

Sentiment indicators have their greatest explanatory power at the three-month horizon; they tell us nothing about the longer term.

But Garnett, the Maudes, and Briggs all insert an explanatory "playing at," to make things easier for the adults.