plausible alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplausibleandalternative
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plausible
adjective
uk/ˈplɔː.zə.bəl/us/ˈplɑː.zə.bəl/
seeming likely to be true, or able to ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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They considerplausiblealternativeexplanations, address them with evidence, and promote deeper scientific understanding of evolution and its consequences.
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In fact, there is good reason to be sceptical, since, as we have just seen, aplausiblealternativeexists.
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Our specification constitutes aplausiblealternative, which has no major impact on the results, however.
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Theplausiblealternativeexplanation of purely typological similarity is not even mentioned.
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A moreplausiblealternativeis that males continuously and unconsciously monitor their ability to succeed in a high matingeffort strategy.
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Aplausiblealternativeconstraint-based analysis of the system is to attribute the shape alternation in the prefix to an avoidance of full base- reduplicant identity.
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Oneplausiblealternativehypothesis is that there is something about the motor act of writing that is particularly helpful.
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It is aplausiblealternativeto the conventionalist model, at an abstract level.
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Table 4 below shows the default values and theplausiblealternativevalues tested for the 11 parameters.
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We don't argue with the broad point; even the best scientists do occasionally missplausiblealternativehypotheses.
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However, when children's performance is considered across all three conditions, we are able to rule out manyplausiblealternativeexplanations of the present results.
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Anotherplausiblealternativehypothesis is that it is not insulating characteristics that increase durability but the politics at the time an agency was created.
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There are also at least twoplausiblealternativeevolutionary scenarios.
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Oneplausiblealternativeis to neutralize the issue through the selection of independents (non-partisans) to head the two departments.
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In summary, a good experiment is one that studies an interesting question in a way that controls for the mostplausiblealternativehypotheses.
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One must show thatplausiblealternativeexplanations for the trait are unlikely to generate the evidence about the trait.
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This interpretation is valid only if the model postulated under the alternative hypothesis is the onlyplausiblealternativeto the model postulated under the null.
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One can simply offer a more elegant andplausiblealternative.
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Andrews et al. seem to assume that, because learning seems highly design specific, the onlyplausiblealternativeis adaptation.
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