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drawing a conclusion based on data |
Definitions |
A planned process in which data gathered in an investigation is evaluated in the context of existing knowledge with the objective to generate more general conclusions or to conclude that the data does not allow one to draw general conclusion |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000338 |
definition |
A planned process in which data gathered in an investigation is evaluated in the context of existing knowledge with the objective to generate more general conclusions or to conclude that the data does not allow one to draw general conclusion |
definition source |
Bjoern Peters |
editor preferred term |
interpreting data |
example of usage |
Concluding that a gene is upregulated in a tissue sample based on the band intensity in a western blot. Concluding that a patient has a infection based on measurement of an elevated body temperature and reported headache. Concluding that there were problems in an investigation because data from PCR and microarray are conflicting. Concluding that 'defects in gene XYZ cause cancer due to improper DNA repair' based on data from experiments in that study that gene XYZ is involved in DNA repair, and the conclusion of a previous study that cancer patients have an increased number of mutations in this gene. |
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drawing a conclusion based on data |
prefixIRI |
OBI:0000338 |
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drawing a conclusion based on data |
term editor |
PERSON: Bjoern Peters PERSON: Jennifer Fostel |
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