Sentence examples for threatening the validity of from inspiring English sources
With all due respect to Iowa and New Hampshire, the good of the nation as a whole comes first, and right now the old traditions of those states and others are threatening the validity of our electoral process.
However, there are several factors threatening the validity of the above semantic map.
In summary, while it seems desirable to ensure that the words of a WAF test are high in frequency, as this would help reduce the kind of guessing effect reported in *Read (1993 19988) and thus the possibility of threatening the validity of the test, having the frequency too high might end up with the test not being able to discriminate the depth knowledge of advanced learners.
However, the response rate to mail surveys has been trending down threatening the validity of the results [2].
This may suggest that the extra step in recruitment creates a barrier to participation, threatening the validity of the findings.
However, others suggested that 20% or more loss would be sufficient for a high risk of bias threatening the validity of results.
While the items indicating externalizing behavior problems at 18 months have been used in a previous publication from the MoBa database [ 61] the use of these abbreviated, and not validated versions of the original scales may threaten the validity of the results.
A deviant in the in-group threatens the validity of social identity (based on the idea that "we are right" and "we agree with one another").
A senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid disturbing diplomatic relations, said that the Obama administration looked forward to working with Mr. Hollande, and that it did not believe that making changes to the fiscal compact would spook markets or threaten the validity of the overall agreement, which helped bring down sovereign debt yields this winter.
In this section, we highlight the biases that threaten the validity of the case study.
We show that its magnitude is small, and does not threaten the validity of our findings.
