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was hypothesis
noun
Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
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The objective was hypothesis generation.
Analysis was hypothesis oriented and did not use stepwise regression (31).
This study was hypothesis generating and not intended to impact clinical practice.
This choice was hypothesis driven; at this stage of the project, also non-exonic sequences were potential, although less probable, candidates for the B7 gene.
Given that the study design was hypothesis generating, no firm conclusions about anxiety and self-efficacy can be made without randomized control trials being conducted.
The selection of ROIs in this study was hypothesis driven and based on knowledge of visceral sensory processing (16, 24), which was proven to be valid in our previous study of painful chronic pancreatitis (17).
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For each contrast, we performed a second-level statistical parametric mapping (SPM) test that was hypothesis-driven and therefore restricted to the amygdala bilaterally.
Selection of covariates was hypothesis-driven.
Specific analysis of ETS1 and ADIPOR1 as targets of miR-221 was hypothesis-driven.
Inclusion of explanatory variables in a multivariate model was hypothesis-driven.
As the study was hypothesis-forming, simple descriptive statistics are reported here.
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