Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
drawing a conclusion based on data
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A planned process in which data gathered in an investigation is evaluated in the context of existing knowledge with the objective to generate more general conclusions or to conclude that the data does not allow one to draw general conclusion
Term info
Label
drawing a conclusion based on data
definition source
Bjoern Peters
editor preferred term
interpreting data
example of usage
Concluding that a gene is upregulated in a tissue sample based on the band intensity in a western blot. Concluding that a patient has a infection based on measurement of an elevated body temperature and reported headache. Concluding that there were problems in an investigation because data from PCR and microarray are conflicting. Concluding that 'defects in gene XYZ cause cancer due to improper DNA repair' based on data from experiments in that study that gene XYZ is involved in DNA repair, and the conclusion of a previous study that cancer patients have an increased number of mutations in this gene.
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000122
term editor
PERSON: Jennifer Fostel, PERSON: Bjoern Peters
Term relations
Subclass of:
- planned process
- has_specified_input some data item
- has_specified_output some conclusion based on data