This was not due to a technical flaw in the previous study, but just because the data available at the time was not rigorous enough to reach a definitive conclusion.
The use of spot urine samples with such small group sizes is not a rigorous approach.
They use no financial models, and valuation techniques are not very rigorous.
It starts with emotionally intelligent leaders, not a rigorous decision-making process.
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Once again, as Alberto pointed out, many of the comments that follow are opinions since there have not been rigorous studies of many aspects of graphing.
Chinese PE players are not as rigorous in their investment analysis and tend to rely more on their gut instincts and local knowledge of the country when investing in China.
But in the aftermath of the Madoff scandal many investors are loth to put their money with any fund that does not have rigorous (read: costly) compliance and reporting schemes.
Even though Hasan earned his medical degree and residency, some of his fellow students believed that he "didn't have the intellect" to be in the program and was not academically rigorous in his coursework.
What is being taught in management books and classrooms is usually not based on rigorous research.
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Furthermore, the SEC has not established any rigorous requirements that these codes must meet.
Although the idea of the uncanny valley has been observed, there has not been much rigorous scientific experimental work on it, partly because it's hard to get at the heart of the matter objectively.
The strategy was not carefully analyzed or subjected to rigorous stress testing within CIO and was not reviewed outside CIO.
Its drive to open new kinds of schools is not yet matched by rigorous inspections to help weaker schools target their failings.
The PAC report says the Department for Education (DfE) and the Young People's Learning Agency have not been "sufficiently rigorous" in requiring academies to comply with financial guidelines.
There has not been time for rigorous studies.
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As important as it is for astute investors to make the right calls, it is equally important to stay away from situations that are simply not investable based on rigorous analysis of the available information.
In its legal submissions, the US justice department argues that because Afghanistan is an active combat zone it is not possible to conduct rigorous inquiries into individual cases and that it would divert precious military resources at a crucial time.
In a list attached to a letter to Congress, the National Educators Association wrote, "Teach for America does not include a sufficiently rigorous teacher preparation program, nor does it yield retention rates that warrant a federal investment in the program, " two points often cited by opponents of the program.
In short, the arguments put forward in the TASC study contending that the B-2 line can be closed without significant adverse impact on the Nation's future ability to produce bombers do not stand up to rigorous scrutiny in a world in which the United States must maintain a large and flexible bomber force and do so within severe budgetary constraints.
Yet the most rigorous estimates do not confirm this notion of uniformly falling capital costs for renewables.
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It would indeed be folly not to insist on a rigorous evaluation of the economic consequences before joining the monetary system.
In selecting members, it is essential to hold to rigorous standards and not to compromise as one or two ill-fitting members can easily reduce the feelings of trust and openness.
Since the consultant is generally relied upon for advice on all major investment issues, having a consultant who has not been subjected to a rigorous due diligence is a frightening state of affairs.
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Merit Cudkowicz, an ALS researcher at Harvard Medical School who was an investigator on a standard lithium clinical trial, said social network-generated data can offer valuable insights, but she cautioned that the PatientsLikeMe study was not a substitute for more rigorous studies.
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That's not bound to happen anytime soon in the U.S., because experts say it has not gone through the years of rigorous testing required for drugs.
Now, the process of reviewing and selecting a successor to Justice Souter has been rigorous and comprehensive, not least because of the standard that Justice Souter himself has set with his formidable intellect and fairmindedness and decency.
But that may not be good enough for the more rigorous and wary Germans.
But keep in mind that these results have not been validated by the kind of rigorous testing that antidepressant pills have undergone.
He is known by colleagues as a rigorous task-master who does not suffer fools gladly.
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