Sentence examples for theoretical rationales from inspiring English sources

Having strong theoretical rationales for the results you are seeing from a model is crucial when you have relatively few data points to help you separate the signal from the noise.

We reviewed these 26 publications for detailed descriptions of the water treatment intervention, theoretical rationales for the behavioral intervention, and descriptions of the evaluation.

Subsequently, several modifications were made to the model in order to improve its fit by deleting parameters that were not significant and by distinguishing (on the basis of theoretical rationales) direct and indirect effects.

Results suggested that staff adhered to theoretical rationales for both drug abuse causation and intervention more so than would have been predicted based on the literature in this area.

(Messick 1990) believes that the traditional notion of validity is fragmented and re-defines validity as 'an overall evaluative judgement' (Messick 1996, p. 6) 'of the degree to which empirical evidence and theoretical rationales support the adequacy and appropriateness of inferences and actions based on test score' (Messick 1989a, p. 13).

There are strong scientific and theoretical rationales for investigating oculomotor function in PCA.

Constructs define a framework of theoretically relevant relations [ 46, 47] that reflects the soundness of the theoretical rationale [ 64].

As tools to promote global carbon reduction, such tariffs have a theoretical rationale.

The new stabilization policy needed a theoretical rationale if it was ever to win general acceptance from the leaders of public opinion.

This business of looking manly even developed its own theoretical rationale, the concept of "credibility": if we are willing to act violently in pursuit of a peripheral interest, everyone can be certain that, when a vital interest is at stake, we will be still more violent.

The theoretical rationale for combination therapy remains to be elucidated.