Sentence examples for justifiable hypothesis from inspiring English sources

An alternative view that the chaetae of M. burgessensis chaetae evolved to mimic characteristics of the co-occurring unpalatable sponge, Pirania muricata to deter potential predators, remains speculative, however the remarkable morphological similarities provides a conceivable and justifiable hypothesis.

Certainly, work needs to be technically strong (in a computational and/or experimental sense) with reasonable and justifiable hypotheses.

Is the ubiquitous practice of devising "epicycles" (aka ad-hoc hypotheses) justifiable?

The model used was complex, which is justifiable, given multiple competing hypotheses for why no population-level impact was detected, including suboptimal IPT uptake and retention, as well as high population mobility.

Whereas a prospective study to test hypothesis "a" is not ethically justifiable, a study could be designed to test hypothesis "b".

In recent years, attempts have been focused on finding principles of a different kind which might be justifiable and which might yet decide the continuum hypothesis (Woodin 2001a, Woodin 2001b).

Having conducted the experiment using justifiable modelling methods, we were unable to refute the null hypothesis.

It should be noted, however, that the laryngeal hypersensitivity hypothesis is a theory and the heterogeneous patient grouping is only justifiable if the laryngeal hypersensitivity theory is correct.

The hypothesis that monitoring the presence of ITC after chemotherapy may be clinically justifiable has been recently verified in breast cancer and has produced promising results (Slade et al, 2005; Drageset et al, 2006; Fehm et al, 2006).

In order to test whether the hypothesis of a more aggressive and expensive approach in this subset of gastric cancer patients could be justifiable, we prospectively analysed the effects of this intensive weekly treatment in a larger group of gastric cancer patients not amenable of curative resection.

Whereas a prospective study to test hypothesis "a" (e.g., investigate the effect of aminoglycosides in children at risk for autism) is not ethically justifiable, a study could be designed to test hypothesis "b", i.e., whether aminoglycosides could ameliorate the clinically symptomatic disease.