valid estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvalidandestimate
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valid
adjective
uk/ˈvæl.ɪd/us/ˈvæl.ɪd/
based on truth or reason; able to ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofvalidandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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More importantly, we were not able to obtain avalidestimateof the child's temperament during the infant and toddler years.
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I think that this is still avalidestimateof what we ought to aim at, and we accept it as such.
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The sample is too small to justify avalidestimatefor the whole country.
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Insufficient evidence is available on which to base avalidestimate.
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We are not in a position at this stage to make avalidestimate.
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Information on which to base avalidestimateby each local education authority area is not at present available.
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I regret that the information on which avalidestimatecould be made is not available.
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It is not possible, therefore, to provide any generallyvalidestimate.
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It is not possible to make avalidestimateof this.
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There is no accepted definition of "self-contained cooking facilities" and novalidestimateof the total number of families in temporary accommodation that would allow the analysis sought.
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Staff time spent on this activity is not separately recorded, and it is not therefore possible to give avalidestimateof the costs involved.
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It is not possible with hindsight to make avalidestimatesince amounts paid would depend on claimants' capital holding and take-up in the affected area.
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This is not necessarily avalidestimateof the cost of converting all discretionary loans into grants, as the latter would fundamentally change the nature of the scheme.
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An aggregation of responses is not avalidestimateunless there is reasonable consistency in the underlying data.
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But are aggregate spending measures likely to yield valid estimates of the age-orientation of social policy?
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Although these may provide more precise and valid estimates of treatment effect, they should not be thought of as an end in themselves.
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No data are presented for the period 1985-1989 inclusive as sample sizes were too small and unrepresentative to provide valid estimates.
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It is not possible at present to make valid estimates of the likely growth of trade in footwear, whether imports or exports.
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The estimates are drawn from household surveys, whose sample sizes would not allow any valid estimates to be made on a monthly basis.
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