Definition of testable in English:
testable
adjectiveˈtɛstəb(ə)lˈtɛstəb(ə)l
Able to be tested or tried.
empirically testable predictions
Example sentencesExamples
- A number of researchers are devising testable hypotheses about therapeutic approaches for specific syndromes.
- The entire Ontario university qualification system is based on measurements and testable aptitudes.
- Good science must be testable, subject to peer review, and feature a "known or potential rate of error."
- The relevance of IQ testing is easily testable.
- A truly scientific theory is expected to result in a testable set of predictions.
Derivatives
nountɛstəˈbɪlɪti
If it is agreed that one of the greatest attributes of science is testability through prediction, the application of Occam's razor often makes such testing possible.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The criterion of the scientific status of a theory is its falsifiability, or refutability, or testability,’ wrote Popper in Conjectures and Refutations in 1963.
- Traditions of technological practice, and the associated communities of practice, also rely on higher-level traditions of testability, including their accepted tools, procedures and values.
- Popper defined the sharpest demarcation between science and metaphysics, defining testability as the criterion of demarcation.
- The project shall ensure that each software requirement be evaluated for accuracy, completeness, consistency, testability, correctness, and clarity.
Definition of testable in US English:
testable
adjectiveˈtestəb(ə)lˈtɛstəb(ə)l
Able to be tested or tried.
empirically testable predictions
Example sentencesExamples
- The entire Ontario university qualification system is based on measurements and testable aptitudes.
- A truly scientific theory is expected to result in a testable set of predictions.
- The relevance of IQ testing is easily testable.
- Good science must be testable, subject to peer review, and feature a "known or potential rate of error."
- A number of researchers are devising testable hypotheses about therapeutic approaches for specific syndromes.