Each fragment of evidence needs to be appraised, as it is extracted, for its relevance to theory testing and the rigour with which it has been produced.
Where the book stands out is in its nuanced treatment of liberalism, and it is this that accounts for its relevance in Britain.
In the coming months it will also publish content chosen for its relevance to global audiences about gender issues, climate change and education.
BAME audiences represent a higher proportion of BBC3's audience than any other channel, it said, and it was perceived more positively than BBC1 or BBC2 for its relevance to viewers of all ethnicities.
Reviewers praised "Public Opinion" for its relevance, its insights, its clarity of thought.
Following the announcement, the Pulitzer board was immediately hoorayed for its "relevance," as if relevance itself is a virtue.
One example, chosen for its relevance to the emergence of the Greek city-state, or polis, will suffice.
Back then, those who wrote about the country had to make arguments for its relevance to, for instance, the larger story of democracy.
If happiness research simply confirmed what people already believed, there would be no need, and really no reason, to argue for its relevance.
"Romeo and Juliet" is often used to introduce Shakespeare to young readers and young theatergoers for its relevance to their own puberty-stirred lives; Juliet was not yet 14, after all.
Brining, who has been in post for more than a year, said he had chosen Sondheim's classic slash horror musical for its relevance to the present travails of our society and those of the not so distant past.
