Tests for capacity need to be assessed for their reliability and major concepts and theories need to be empirically validated.
We saw above that there are instances where the assessment of results yielded by specific tests for capacity start to merge into normative evaluative questions that bear on the empirical validity of those tests.
The performance of a polymer redox supercapacitor based on poly(dithieno[3,4-b: 3′,4′-d] thiophene) in liquid and in polymer gel electrolyte was tested for capacity, energy density, power density and self-discharge.
To test for optimal conditions of sheep iPSC induction and culture, ESC medium containing FBS and KSR were both tested for capacity to maintain cells in an undifferentiated state.
Testing for capacity to sit-still and pay attention occurred during visits 1 and 2 (two tests per visit).
In both experiments, smokers were trained on a concurrent choice procedure in which two responses earned points for cigarettes and chocolate, respectively, before images of branded and plain packs were tested for capacity to elicit the tobacco-seeking response in extinction.
So then the question is, how do you decide whether they have that capacity?" The legal test for mental capacity – that you understand information, have the capacity to use and weigh it, and that you can express your choice – is problematic as it stands, he says, but no matter how much it's refined, there will still be difficulties.
Even if counterfactually all and only intelligent people would wear such apparel, a test designed in this manner would not ascertain the existence of intelligence by testing for capacities directly associated with our understanding of intelligence.
As it has played out over more than a decade, Mr. Ressam's case has offered something of a test for the capacity of federal courts to handle terrorism cases.
To test for functional capacity was more difficult: only pressure-derived indices were initially available.
