detectable
/dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/
adjective
able to be noticed or discovered
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1The emotional rewards of pro-social spending are even detectable at the neural level.
2Which is detectable by mosquitoes.
3Traces of human intervention have been detectable throughout our epic Utah journey.
4It's detectable inside in house dust.
5It's detectable in waste water.
empirical
/ˌɛmˈpɪɹɪkəɫ/
adjective
based upon observations or experiments instead of theories or ideas
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1Empirical research hasn't really supported his hierarchy.
2So the empirical rule just gives us that answer.
3Runciman's conceptualization of Weber's theory of class was extremely influential empirical research.
4One is an empirical claim.
5The scientific revolution was empirical.
experimental
/ɪkˌspɛɹɪˈmɛntəɫ/
adjective
relating to scientific experimentation, based on untested hypotheses or approaches and not yet confirmed or finalized
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1So now six degrees of separation had experimental confirmation.
2So the monkey is still experimental.
3"Experimental philosophy" means science.
4It was experimental.
5These rockets use experimental motors like nitrous oxide.
preliminary
/pɹiˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/, /pɹɪˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/
adjective
occurring before a more important thing, particularly as an act of introduction
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1In late February, 1952, the pair attended a preliminary hearing together.
2Research on psychedelics for medical use is preliminary.
3So we have very preliminary results.
4Nonetheless, preliminary results from Uniroyal's own study already show high levels of cancer in laboratory animals.
5However, preliminary results are promising.
qualitative
/ˈkwɑɫəˌteɪtɪv/
adjective
related to or involving quality of something, not numbers or amounts
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1The other part of this is qualitative substantiality.
2They also have qualitative demands.
3It was qualitative.
4Our experiences have qualitative properties.
5That is, have a qualitative experience.
quantitative
/ˈkwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv/
adjective
related to or involving numbers or amounts, not quality
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1Quantitative data are your friend here.
2Here is the quantitative graph again.
3And his quantitative approach took a number of forms.
4The course, however, is more quantitative than this.
5You need quantitative analysis.
scholarly
/ˈskɑɫɝɫi/
adjective
related to or involving academic study
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1These alterations have not received scholarly attention.
2Who's that scholarly kumquat?
3He's published dozens of articles and essays in scholarly journals.
4Moreover, these scholarly endeavors were on important issues from health care delivery to cutting-edge basic science.
5This type of work would not see serious scholarly development until the 19th century.
theoretical
/ˌθiɝˈɛtɪkəɫ/
adjective
involving or related to the ideas of a scientific subject rather than its practical use
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1The entire argument about its existence is theoretical.
2Concepts inform an episode's theoretical framework.
3Some of these limitations are theoretical.
4Jurisprudence is more theoretical.
5This possibility wasn't just theoretical.
to correlate
/ˈkɔɹəˌɫeɪt/, /ˈkɔɹəɫət/
verb
to be closely connected or have mutual effects
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1The belief in homeopathy correlates with skepticism about vaccinations.
2They correlate zero.
3Excess belly fat correlates with higher blood pressure and cholesterol levels, two key risks to the health of your heart.
4A country’s rise in emissions correlates strongly with their growth in GDP.
5Lungs correlate to relationship.
to disprove
/dɪsˈpɹuv/
verb
to show that something is false or incorrect
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1So this disproves this statement.
2And over the past few years, books have disproved this claim.
3We disprove them.
4In the first place science has disproved the theory of the creation of the universe out of nothing by the action of some supernatural power.
5This latter point, however, was fully disproved.
to self-report
verb
to give detailed information about oneself, usually about one's physical or medical condition
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1A set of 3 studies in 2011 looked at German students who self-reported goals.
2For both animals and people, yes, self-report is a behavioral output.
3People that self-report as lesbians also tend to have a smaller D2 to D4 ratio.
4Case in point, Atkins self-reported spending around five hundred thirty million dollars on marketing and advertising its line of foods in 2020.
5Self-reported results recorded a measureable improvement in mood, with the biggest margin of relief found in the most serious sufferers.
to verify
/ˈvɛɹəˌfaɪ/
verb
to examine the truth or accuracy of something
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1Verify the account, Jono. -
2- Verified!
380, verified.
4AMCAS first has to verify your application as well.
5Two gazelles, reconnaissance helicopters, will verify the operations of the drones.
apparatus
/ˌæpɝˈætəs/
noun
tools or machines that are designed for a specific purpose
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1All that apparatus involves exposure to a million other people.
2This apparatus called an oedometer.
3but he shows distillation apparatus.
4Adjust the apparatus until its almost perfectly still.
5This girl needed a breathing apparatus.
carbon dating
/kˈɑːɹbən dˈeɪɾɪŋ/
noun
a method used for measuring how old an organic material is by calculating the amount of carbon they contain

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clinical trial
/klˈɪnɪkəl tɹˈaɪəl/
noun
a controlled scientific experiment in which the effectiveness and safety of a medical treatment is measured by testing it on people
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1In a clinical trial, one in four patients developed severe allergic reactions to the drug.
2This efficacy number comes from phase III clinical trials.
3Clinical trials usually take a minimum of 15 months.
4Over 400 failed clinical trials.
5So many drugs fail in phase clinical trial.
control
/kənˈtɹoʊɫ/
noun
someone or something that is used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment to evaluate the results
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1He was unanimously approved by a Republican controlled senate.
2The second technique is known as static rappel, where recruits utilize the tower's wooden face to perform a controlled descent.
3But at the same time, you want to also have some controls over utilization.
4The control wire connects to a coil of wire inside the relay.
5It has an alarm clock and voice control.
guinea pig
/ɡˈɪni pˈɪɡ/
noun
someone on whom scientific experiments are tested
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1Guinea pigs are naturally really nervous animals.
2Guinea pigs should get a high-quality guinea pig pellet.
3- Killed the guinea pig.
4- Get another guinea pig.
5- I like guinea pigs!
pseudoscience
/ˌsudoʊˈsaɪəns/
noun
a set of practices or beliefs that are claimed to be scientific when in reality they have no scientific basis
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1So you think its pseudoscience.
2This is just like some kind of medieval pseudoscience.
3Utilizing pseudoscience.
4It promotes such awful pseudoscience.
5There's pseudoscience, crop circles, alien autopsy, haunted houses, or disasters.
subject
/ˈsəbdʒɪkt/, /səbˈdʒɛkt/
noun
someone or something on which a study or experiment is performed
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1Subject A dash 34, neonatal intelligence battery.
2Who were the subjects that bequeathed these pulses to us?
3- Subjects are.
4The majority of the rivers of Alaska subject the salmon to one final test.
5By the end of the study, subjects showed almost a 10% increase in strength.
treatise
/ˈtɹitəs/
noun
a long and formal piece of writing about a specific subject
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1He wrote a treatise called De Pictura.
2Treatise is, at its heart, 193 pages of abstract shapes and drawings presented as a musical score.
3one famous example is Cornelius Cardew's infamous work Treatise.
4A treatise on Astronomy lying across the Pan-American Highway.
5Now the Church of England establishment always countered these puritan treatises in attack of their position.
abstract
/ˈæbˌstɹækt/, /æbˈstɹækt/
noun
a written summary of a book, speech, etc.
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1Those sounds are abstract.
2My second question is really more abstract.
3Unlike at a Trial Court level, Appellate Courts-- the issues are abstracted, often.
4Percentages are abstract.
5- Mine is very abstract.
thesis
/ˈθisəs/
noun
a statement that is used as a premise in argumentation
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1So theses are warm McDonald's fries?
2My thesis makes three main arguments.
3First phase, submit your thesis.
4So theses are the two telescopes.
5Actually, here's the thesis.
literature
/ˈɫɪtɝətʃɝ/
noun
writings or books on a specific subject
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1Literature is a corrective to the superficiality and compromises of friendship.
2Literature is my religion.
3Today's word is literature.
4Who needs literature?
5Ladies love literature.
citation
/saɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
a line or sentence taken from a book or speech
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1you get 10,000 citations.
2Citation is different, records of Bureau of Naval personnel.
3The citation is quoting your source.
4Well here is the citation.
5See Arizona vs California citation.
limitation
/ˌɫɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
(usually plural) anything that limits something
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1It has limitations.
2And every single study has limitations.
3Limitations are learned.
4So transparency has limitations.
5Now, the study noted limitations.
methodology
/ˌmɛθəˈdɑɫədʒi/
noun
a series of methods by which a certain subject is studied or a particular activity is done
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1Others incorporated scientific methodology into their form.
2Really, the ACD methodology is a breakout strategy.
3No methodology is perfect.
4The second thing is methodology.
5So the methodology breaks down.
randomization
/ɹˌændəmaɪzˈeɪʃən/
noun
an arrangement done in an intentionally random manner to yield unbiased results
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1Randomization is a method where study participants are randomly assigned to a treatment or control group.
2but I like the randomization of the outfits.
3Should randomization always be required?
4You can do historical quasi-randomization, all of that.
5This is really a randomization.
parameter
/pɝˈæmətɝ/
noun
a limit that controls or defines how something should be done
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1First, it establishes the parameters.
2Match takes three parameters, search for, search where, and matching method.
3It takes two parameters.
4A spoon has that parameter, a key looks like a guitar.
5Set some parameters.
peer review
/pˈɪɹ ɹɪvjˈuː/
noun
an assessment made of a scientific or academic research by people who are engaged in the same subject area

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dissemination
/dɪˌsɛməˈneɪʃən/
noun
the action of spreading information or news
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1Now the majority of those, currently, are dissemination controls, or limits on the dissemination.
2From this perspective, conceptions of information dissemination during the war changed shape.
3Certainly the dissemination of information-- LAURENCE SILBERMAN: No, no, no-- just the capture.
4Forget the dissemination for a moment.
5The dissemination of anti-Clinton material in the guise of pro-Clinton images is, in itself, newsworthy.

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