Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact.
1Usually, pathway analyses combine statistical methods with a priori available biological knowledge.
2Exclusion criteria were defined a priori to identify same-day admission, elective procedures.
3Arrests are stratified by primary etiology of arrest using a priori criteria.
4Two authors will independently screen articles for inclusion using a priori criteria.
5Pray understand that I have no a priori objections to the doctrine.
6Such things as UFOs or ESP can't be ruled out a priori.
7But even outside of small probabilities, the a priori problem is always present.
8Tracheal intubation-associated events and severe tracheal intubation-associated events were explicitly defined a priori.
9We will conduct a priori defined subgroup analyses consistent with current best practices.
10The a priori sample size estimate was 60 patients per group.
11Randomization methods: Random installation order generated a priori with allocation concealment.
12At times, Weber remains a neo-Kantian seemingly forcing science into a priori categories.
13Variables of interest were identified a priori and examined using multivariable logistic regression.
14Three a priori path models tested the hypothesized relationships among variables.
15You start from a priori, from the theory, from the ideal.
16Considered a priori, the connection between the two is not far to seek.