Sentence examples for lay hypothesis from inspiring English sources

Mele (2001), drawing on empirical research regarding lay hypothesis testing, argues that selectivity may be explained in terms of the agent's assessment of the relative costs of erroneously believing p and ~p.

The strengths of soil-landscape modelling lies in hypothesis testing, understanding causal linkages between environmental factors and their interrelationships within a spatial and temporal explicit context.

Much of the persuasiveness of the corpuscular hypothesis lay in its reductive promise.

These hypothesis lay on a robust study recently published by Ellis group, where although a trend (non-significant) to display lymph node involvement with increasing tumour size was seen (especially in tumours larger than 4 cm), basal-like tumours do not seem to obey the "size-node" rule [ 56].

It is the job of metaphysics to lay bare these hypotheses and show how they all fit together.

Lamb et al. (2007) lay out new hypotheses to be tested that will resolve some of the remaining questions about this fascinating subject but leave no doubt that complex structures such as the eyes could have arisen through natural processes by many small steps rather than requiring a single large step as design proponents hold.

In section "Acceptance sampling via hypothesis tests", we will lay out our interpretation of NP hypothesis testing and its connection to acceptance sampling.

Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that lay consultation during a pain episode may substitute for formal care for persons with less positive views of the health care system.

Dickinson hopes at least to lay to rest one hypothesis: That an ancient lake carved the canyon through a cascading series of waterfalls.

This study aimed to test the hypothesis that lay people may be able to discriminate between therapies when their effectiveness is expressed in terms of postponement of an adverse disease event.

Our hypotheses may lay a foundation for better understanding of carcinogenesis in HCV-driven HCC and the potential role of tobacco as a cofactor.