In adding a second and third climate variable, we excluded models with highly correlated explanatory variables (criterion: r ≥ 0.5; cf. Ettinger et al. (2011) who used a 0.6-threshold).
The structural characteristics of trials can be characterized as a function of the attributes such as pragmatic versus explanatory, entry criteria, data collection instrument, etc.
Another criterion is explanatory unity, empirically grounded.
Thus Steiner arrives at two criteria for explanatory proofs, i.e. dependence on a characterizing property and generalizability through varying of that property (Steiner 1978a, 144, 147).
Structural rational choice theory, in her view, best meets reasonable criteria of explanatory adequacy and therefore provides the best social-theoretical framework for analyzing oppression.
The stepwise procedure is a common approach for selecting explanatory variables based on criteria such as the AIC in multiple regression analysis.
There is no reason to suppose that the law, when it engages in explanatory inquiries, adopts different criteria of causation from those employed outside the law in the physical and social sciences and in everyday life.
One can describe scientific change as a struggle between selfish memes, but one can also describe just the same process in terms of scientists choosing to accept, or to reject, theories by reference to familiar criteria of explanatory power, theoretical elegance and so forth.
According to Achinstein, other competing explanations (e.g., an explanation which just gave the quantitative expression governing scattering but did not connect this to claims about atomic structure) can satisfy the various traditional criteria for explanatory goodness found in the philosophy of science literature (such explanations may have a DN structure, describe causes, be unifying etc).
The p-value criteria for explanatory variables entering the model and staying in the model were set to 0.20.
