"I would want to see more evidence," he said, adding that he is "wondering if it's not just a spurious result."

Critics note that it takes no more human contamination than a single molecule to cause a spurious result.

Otherwise the number may be a spurious result.

BUT many of his colleagues disagree, saying that the models have held true despite continuing efforts to weed out spurious results.

When searching for a given phenomenon, often many spurious results are gleaned.

"I suspect the Rings have spurious results if not closely guided," Che said.

However, the inaccuracy of the measurement and spurious results caused by electron impacts with the container led to misleading results.

Ashton and Lee (2005) argue that MCV can produce spurious results.

One fund industry economist publicly said Professor Zitzewitz had "to torture his data" to produce "spurious" results.

However, both studies used indirect measurements of Lp(a), which some experts say can lead to spurious results.