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The earliest known use of the noun preponderance is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for preponderance is from 1681, in the writing of Nehemiah Grew, botanist and physician. preponderance is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preponderant adj., ‑ance suffix.
The top three definiens were ‘information’, ‘fact’ and ‘research/study’. The definition of ‘evidence’ differed between health and social sciences. The term ‘research’ appeared most frequently in the definitions.
When and why did the Board for Certification of Genealogists (R) stop using the term "preponderance of the evidence" to describe how genealogists evaluate evidence.
Although much has been written on the history of the requirement of proof of crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, this is the first study to probe the history of its civil counterpart, proof by a ...
Jul 16, 2014 · Although much has been written on the history of the requirement of proof of crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, this is the first study to probe the history of its civil counterpart, proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
- John Leubsdorf
- 2014
Proponents of a ‘phenomenological’ approach to psychology, individuals such as Franz Brentano and Carl Stumpf believed that the very subjectivity, the interpretive nature of our observations, was of prime interest in the study of the mind.
Jan 1, 2009 · There were five logical possibilities: 1) the study showed essentially zero difference (Z), 2) the study was negative (weight gain) or 3) positive (weight loss), but not statistically significantly so (N and P, respectively), or the study was 4) significantly negative (SN) or 5) significantly positive (SP).
