Sentence examples for undermining the validity of from inspiring English sources

"A lifetime of wealth was only one model away," sneers an American regulator.Moreover, heavy use of models may have changed the markets they were supposed to map, thus undermining the validity of their own predictions, says Donald MacKenzie, an economic sociologist at the University of Edinburgh.

For all that we know, our acceptance of modus ponens as an inferential rule might be due to the selective advantage accruing to those who use that rule, but, I take it, few would see that as undermining the validity of that rule of inference.

Three further papers report data for two species side-by-side, but in each case the species are closely related (MC references 6, 51 and 54), undermining the validity of any comparison.

Although the two scales (Physical and Psychological) of the NHP22 also met the Rasch model requirements [ 9, 10], the four composite scales of the NHP20 failed to meet the minimum goodness-of-fit criteria of the analysis, thus undermining the validity of the measurements under a Rasch approach.

It was therefore impossible to define a control population with which to determine the OD distribution in seronegative subjects: inclusion of seropositive subjects among the controls would have undermined the validity of this distribution and the determination of a valid cutoff.

But he added that leaving out the terminus undermined the validity of any ferry study.

It undermines the validity of the ministry of every ordained woman and sends out a negative message to all women everywhere".

Republicans strongly disputed that contention and said the procedure in no way undermined the validity of the absentee voting process since it involved only applications, not the ballots themselves.

Heer said that if the hearing proceeded, there would be evidence that he contended would undermine the validity of a pact said to have been signed on Nov. 2, 2000, by Ted, John Henry and Claudia Williams proclaiming their desire to have their bodies frozen.

These new studies do not undermine the validity of the magisterial past research on hot hands, but expand and augment it, Dr. Yaari and the other authors say, adding even more human complexity.

On specific allegations of malpractice by Jones in the handling of weather station data from China, the panel did not comment directly, but concluded more generally: "Crucially, we find nothing in the behaviour on the part of CRU scientists that is the subject of allegations... to undermine the validity of their work".