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robust evidence
UK/rəˈbʌst ˈɛvɪdəns/US/roʊˈbʌst ˈɛvɪdəns/ro·BUST E·VI·dence
Strong, reliable evidence from well-designed studies that supports a conclusion.
Examples
“The clinical trials provided robust evidence that the treatment reduces symptoms.”
“Policymakers need robust evidence before they change public-health guidelines.”
“Robust evidence often comes from randomized controlled trials or large meta-analyses.”
Band 8 sentence
“The randomized controlled trials and pooled analyses offered robust evidence that the intervention reduced hospital admissions.”
Collocations
- provide robust evidence
- robust evidence for
- lack robust evidence
Word family
Common mistakes
many evidences→much evidence / pieces of evidence
robustly evidence→robust evidence
prove something with robust proof→provide robust evidence
Say it for a higher band
5proof→6strong evidence→7+robust evidence
Synonyms
strong evidence
compelling evidence
Easily confused
proof
“Editors rarely accept the word 'proof' in clinical research papers.”
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