1. Value-judgement
Mixed.
- NOT value-judgement when describing measurable/mechanistic properties of biological systems, responses, or effects (e.g., robust response/activation/resistance/expression/effect(s)/growth/tolerance).
- Value-judgement when evaluating quality, reliability, or desirability of research, tools, infrastructure, or abstract processes.
Examples
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However, it is often difficult to induce and maintain robust tolerance that is resistant to external perturbations. (NOT value-judgement)
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This should allow a robust analysis as to whether cigarettes behave as an inferior good … (Value-judgement)
2. Hyperbolic
Not inherently hyperbolic.
Examples
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3. Gratuitous
Often gratuitous when applied to abstract, institutional, or methodological nouns where robustness is not operationalized:
- research, method(s), model(s), approach, framework, way, manner
- infrastructure, platform, pipeline, program, training
- tools, software, technology, database
- community, collaboration, mentoring, recruitment
- understanding, foundation, strategy, process
Examples
- Recent advances in Next-Gen sequencing technology, along with the development of robust analysis methods, have given researchers the ability to identify sequence variants. (Gratuitous)
4. Amplified
Sometimes amplified: the most, very, highly, particularly, extremely, remarkably, extraordinarily, exceptionally, uniquely, doubly, surprisingly, amazingly, incredibly, truly, especially, increasingly, quite, so, scientifically, unusually
Examples
- It was found that the original 1D simulation software was very robust in this regard. (Amplified)
5. Coordinated
Often coordinated/stacked (e.g., reliable, efficient, novel, simple, accurate, sensitive, effective, flexible, unique, powerful, comprehensive, new, innovative, versatile, scalable, practical, safe, stable, selective, reproducible, consistent, precise, broad, relevant, promising, strong).
Examples
- The major strengths of the approach we propose are the novel and robust microarray technology and advanced bioinformatics/mathematical analyses we have developed and employed. (Coordinated)
6. Broader context
When ambiguous, consider whether surrounding context contributes to or detracts from overall promotional force (e.g., other hype terms vs. relative/hedged framing).
Examples
- …more robust and simpler screening instruments for HAND, to allow for earlier detection … (Broader context)