The phrase "steps of testing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase when you are talking about a sequence or progression of tests, usually in the context of software development or scientific research. Example: We must go through the steps of testing before deciding to launch the new product.
The development of near infrared (NIR) sensors has to go through different steps of testing.
Further, the installation of currently available software is non-trivial and steps of testing with example datasets, trying with one's own dataset, and interpreting the results require notable expertise and time.
The one described in Figure 1, the one described in Figure 2, in which the averaging of intensities across replicates allows one to proceed directly on to the t-tests, without the steps of testing distributions, or imputation of missing spots, and the protocol used by PDQUEST.
They also decided to take the unusual step of testing longer sections of floor than normally required, to reflect more accurately their lengths as they existed in the trade center buildings.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Saturday after two players were caught during the tournament this month, the world soccer governing body took the unprecedented step of testing the rest of the North Korean squad and found three more positive results.
Consequently, we were able to collect 29 complete data sets in a first step of testing.
We should note that this step of testing the computational predictions to quantitative experimental data was a critical step to finalizing our current model.
In this article, interpretation of results in relation to patients' observed performance is the focus, as is the everyday use of test information which, we would argue, could be regarded as the fourth step of testing.
As a first step of testing the value of MI-related distress for post-MI prognosis, we investigated the hypothesis that greater fear of dying, helplessness, or pain intensity (i.e., perceived distress during acute MI) would be associated with increased risk of future hospital readmissions due to non-fatal cardiovascular events and related interventions.
Repeat the previous step of testing again.
This is just an initial look to help you to decide if it is even worth proceeding to the next step of testing the ice.
