Good performance in the following areas was noted: conducting duplicate study selection and data extraction, implementing comprehensive literature search, assessing the scientific quality of included studies and appropriately incorporating scientific quality in the formulation of conclusions.
This investigation process is guided by a research question or hypothesis, requires interpretation of results and the formulation of conclusions, and the outcomes need to be communicated to others (National Science Foundation, [2000]).
CB, RJ, and JS contributed to the formulation of conclusions made, and all of the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
These were particularly related to intransparencies in the search strategy and in the selection/presentation of studies and findings; the neglect of the possibility of publication bias; a lack of objective or rigorous criteria for assessing the scientific quality of included studies and for the formulation of conclusions.
There are two distinct approaches to high-throughput measurements: hypothesis-driven studies generate large datasets to prove or falsify a hitherto existing hypothesis, while hypothesis-free studies primarily rely on a thorough analysis of datasets without presumptions aiming at the formulation of conclusions and testable hypotheses.
Professor Richard Dawkins, representing atheism, and Professor Robert Winston, speaking for faith, never got further than the examination of evidence and the formulation of rational conclusions.
These results enable the formulation of certain conclusions of considerable practical importance.
In addition, there should be straightforward and highly directed formulation of the conclusions derived expressly from data that have been collected.
Metallographic microscopic and spectrometric studies have enabled the formulation of several conclusions bearing on the complex mechanisms leading to local deterioration and seizure of a large expensive machine component.
