absence of data
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabsenceanddata
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absence
noun
uk/ˈæb.səns/us/ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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data
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈdeɪ.tə/us/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə/
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by ...
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However, in theabsenceofdata, this was a necessary exercise.
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In theabsenceofdata, experts provided estimates of parameter values.
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However, in theabsenceofdataand any formal detail, it remains essentially a thumbnail sketch here.
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In the magnetic case, note theabsenceofdataat t = 1.2 and the disagreement after t = 3.4, where no accurate fits are possible.
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However, at present, such suggestions exist in a nearabsenceofdata.
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However, where this assumption has to be made in theabsenceofdataon wildlife faeces the disease risk may be under or overestimated.
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In the past, this has not been done, in part due to theabsenceofdata.
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In theabsenceofdatafor males, it was assumed that vertebral fracture rates for males were half that of females (28).
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In theabsenceofdatafrom archaeology or loan words, linguists rely more on reconstructions and recent patterns in current languages.
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Each distribution represents our uncertainty about a specific parameter, given what data we have access to, or our best judgment in theabsenceofdata.
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Conclusions regarding the prognosis of late talkers must thus be qualified in theabsenceofdataconcerning language-based intervention.
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There is also limited review of how to improve insight through treatment, whether psychotherapeutic or pharmacological, but this also partly reflects anabsenceofdata.
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Limitations of the study include completeness of case ascertainment and theabsenceofdatacollected from a patient or community perspective.
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In theabsenceofdatafrom monolingual children using a comparable methodology, it is not possible to distinguish between the two accounts.
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We assumed proportion c to be constant across age in theabsenceofdatasuggesting otherwise.
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In theabsenceofdataconstructors, this solution is not a problem.
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In theabsenceofdatafrom other countries one is not sure about the generalizability of these results in other cultures.
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Unfortunately theabsenceofdataon lifestyle or on the value of the respondents' pension entitlement did not allow comparisons of the employed and the unemployed on these two variables.
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In theabsenceofdataon spousal characteristics, it is not possible to estimate a model of divorce that incorporates characteristics of both the husband and wife.
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