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Confirmatory — Con*firm a*to*ry, a. Serving to confirm; corroborative. [1913 Webster] A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confirmatory — index affirmative, convincing, demonstrative (illustrative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confirmatory — [kən fʉr′mə tôr΄ē] adj. confirming or tending to confirm: also confirmative … English World dictionary
confirmatory — adjective Date: 1636 serving to confirm ; corroborative < a confirmatory test > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Confirmatory trial — A Confirmatory Trial can be defined as an adequately controlled trial where hypotheses are stated in advance and evaluated according to a protocol. This type of trial may be implemented when it is necessary to provide additional or firm evidence… … Wikipedia
Confirmatory factor analysis — In statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a special form of factor analysis. It is used to test whether measures of a construct are consistent with a researcher s understanding of the nature of that construct (or factor). In contrast… … Wikipedia
confirmatory — /keuhn ferr meuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. serving to confirm; corroborative. Also, confirmative. [1630 40; < ML confirmatorius, equiv. to L confirma(re) (see CONFIRM) + torius TORY1] * * * … Universalium
confirmatory — adjective That which confirms, as ones word … Wiktionary
confirmatory — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. corroborative, agreeing, confirming, substantiating; see affirmative … English dictionary for students
confirmatory — adj. serving to confirm, corroborative … English contemporary dictionary
