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val·i·da·tion [ val-i-dey-shuhn ]
Definitions related to validation:
  • Process of establishing suitability to purpose. NOTE: Validation is accomplished by planning how to measure and/or evaluate suitability to purpose; then executing the plan and documenting the results.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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