The phrase "reference to a standard" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something is being compared or evaluated according to a particular set of rules or guidelines. Example: In order to ensure the safety of our products, we must make constant reference to the industry's safety standards.
MOD10A1 was the only data source which improved the validation Nash Sutcliffe (NS) scores in reference to a standard model.
Here, in the case before us, is an attempted delegation not confined to any single act nor to any class or group of acts identified or described by reference to a standard.
The amount of DOX loaded into the PMs was determined in reference to a standard curve of free DOX.
When we call something good, Hare writes, we commend it, where to commend a thing of a certain sort is to guide choice among things of that sort by implicit reference to a standard for such things.
The sample was mixed by shaking and allowed to stand for 2 min before colorimetric analysis at 595 nm to measure the absorbance value, from which the free protein content was calculated by reference to a standard.
Protein concentrations in the enzyme preparations were determined with application of the method of Bradford (Bradford 1976) with reference to a standard calibration curve for bovine serum albumin (BSA).
METHODS: We compared the precision of two newer ACT systems: Actalyke, Helena Laboratories, Beaumont, TX and Hemochron Response, International Technidyne Corporation, Edison, NJ and assessed their bias with reference to a standard ACT system (Hemochron 801, International Technidyne Corporation, Edison, NJ).
In such a case, the sophisticated consequentialist must in arriving at this conclusion "evaluate intrinsic goods [of friendship] and their virtues by reference to a standard external to them"—i.e., by reference to the overall good as this is conceived from an impersonal point of view (496).
The amount of immunoprecipitated DNA was calculated in reference to a standard curve and normalized to input DNA [46].
NO2− concentrations were determined with reference to a standard curve generated with sodium nitrite at various dilutions.
The DNase I activity was then determined with reference to a standard curve (0 50 pg DNase I).
