Sensitivity analysis

How it is used

Report the alternative choices and their consequences.

Example sentences

1. The sensitivity analysis excluded the oldest studies to test their influence.

   Removing a subset tests dependence on that evidence.

2. Our sensitivity analysis showed that the conclusion depended on one uncertain assumption.

   The main finding is fragile under a plausible change.

Common collocations

• conduct sensitivity analysis
• sensitivity analysis results

Related terms

• assumptionSomething accepted as true without being proved, which a theory, method or statistical test depends on.
• statistical analysisThe examination of data using statistical methods to describe patterns, test ideas, and estimate relationships or differences.

More terms: Data and Analysis

• data
• findings
• analysis
• significant
• draw a conclusion
• correlation
• thematic analysis
• account for
• interpret
• dataset
• mean
• standard deviation