The ability to compare data across cohorts, investigators, and species is often facilitated by the use of standard assays and standardized test systems commonly exploited in different laboratories: without common methods and accepted standards, quantitative comparisons are impossible.
Most studies simulate or measure the variants by indirect methods and accept them as true results.
The Delphi method is a widely used and accepted method for gathering data from respondents within their domain of expertise.
Consistent with precedent, he rejected plaintiff's method of proof and accepted defendants' evidence of value as being in accord with practice under prior case law.
But Mr. Smith tried the Wright method and then accepted, as he wrote, "what Mr. Wright tells us now -- that nothing brings out the essential bully in a trout like a live bug he knows he can whip".
The need for replication of an important finding is a cornerstone of the scientific method and is accepted practice in all areas of science, including clinical trials.
We used the Brislin back-translation method [ 14, 17]; the most frequently used and accepted method for effective translation equivalence of instruments [ 18].
The analysis was carried out using a method inspired from the Delphi technique, a widely used and accepted method for achieving convergence of findings concerned with real-world expert knowledge [21].
All that being said, if ever you find yourself facing a checkpoint where officers have no strict code of conduct to abide by and you're still desperate to get fucked up, be sure to choose your methods wisely and accept any of the repercussions if things start to get all gnar-gnar.
After review, the manuscript can then be offered "in principle acceptance" (or IPA) – in other words, as long as the reviewed and accepted method and analysis pipeline is adhered to, publication of the full, final manuscript is virtually guaranteed.
