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Even when samples are representative, some characteristics that affect individuals 'behavior remain unobservable, which makes it difficult, or impossible, to explain some of the variation among individuals.

The Prize in Economics 2000 - Information for the Public 2000

As a result, Freshfields said the "unobservable" part of the hedge fund industry, outside of major jurisdictions, would attract market share and become more risky from a systemic perspective.

Between the Hedges 2009

"unobservable" by traditional empiricists standards is possible.

Scientific Realism Boyd, Richard 2002

I am willing to believe that FFDs stand in for a host of unobservable features of family life, and so it is a good predictive variable.

Wow! Repeat After Me: Correlation N.E. Causation 2009

This can theoretically exist in the world of action and so you need not postulate fundamentally unobservable preferences.

Cowenian Advice: The Best and the Worst, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Such situations often occur when only some agents, often with characteristics that are unobservable to the researcher, do not appear in the sample.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006 2010

Satan's rebellion arises in no small measure from an over-estimation of the importance of existents and a rejection of those aspects of his relationship with God to be affirmed through belief: the unobservable act of his own creation; and the benevolence of the Son's vicegerent rule, which he takes to be an expression of divine authoritarianism.

Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011

While this is certainly possible, a critical point Barr emphasizes is that proposing an infinity of unobservable entities is no more scientifically defensible than proposing a single unobservable one God.

Matt J. Rossano: Are Infinities More Scientific Than God? Matt J. Rossano 2011

Satan's rebellion arises in no small measure from an over-estimation of the importance of existents and a rejection of those aspects of his relationship with God to be affirmed through belief: the unobservable act of his own creation; and the benevolence of the Son's vicegerent rule, which he takes to be an expression of divine authoritarianism.

Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011

If, however, the unobservable portion of the universe consists solely of a thin distribution of hydrogen gas there's no reason to think that, however vast it is, it would produce life.

A Short Critique of Bradley Monton's Paper 2009