observed behaviour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserveandbehaviour
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observe
verb[T]
uk/əbˈzɜːv/us/əbˈzɝːv/
formal
to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more ...
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behaviour
noun
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofobserveandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We must be cautious in attributing motivation to anobservedbehaviour.
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The first studies the behaviour of silver production, and it tries to deduce the behaviour of output from theobservedbehaviourof silver.
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Whether some 'learning theory' can provide a superior explanation ofobservedbehaviouris a matter of theoretical specification and empirical demonstration.
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But the two perspectives do not necessarily provide contrasting predictions ofobservedbehaviour.
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It is an example of how the model can reproduceobservedbehaviourand a complete fit would require further data.
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I found, and still find, it hard to sustain the idea of rational calculation as the mechanism that produced theobservedbehaviour.
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Several different types of questionnaire and interview were devised, and their results were tested against theobservedbehaviourof the individual informants.
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This, and the failure to predict a loose entry branch with theobservedbehaviour, are the main qualitative shortcomings of the theory.
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This confirms that theobservedbehaviouris due t o radial migration and that entrance and exit effects are not significant for these pore lengths.
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For these problems the hydrodynamic instability of the film may be partially responsible for theobservedbehaviour.
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Calculations indicate that neither limiting model can predict much of theobservedbehaviour, while the experimental observations include behaviour not previously reported.
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Wave-particle interaction is thus shown to play an important role in theobservedbehaviour.
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Little work exists to validate the generated deductive models by means ofobservedbehaviour.
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The full model, while far from satisfactory as a quantitative predictor, has fair success in reproducing the overall pattern ofobservedbehaviour.
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Thisobservedbehaviouris generally taken as evidence of grain growth2.
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This is in contradistinction to theobservedbehaviourin salt-stratified flows.
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The large number of categories ofobservedbehaviourwas classified under four subheadings of lesson content, lesson structure, teaching method and teacher/student relationship.
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Again, our principal objective is to evaluate the model coefficients to yield the highest degree of consistency possible withobservedbehaviour.
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Our objective is to construct a turbulence model that is consistent withobservedbehaviour.
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The consequences of these effects are not included in the theory, and only a tentative explanation of theobservedbehaviouris offered here.
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