Trial performed, conducted or carried out

[atiq124]

a machine trial was done on site to prove the new concept.
what word do we use for trial was 'done' please?

 

[emsr2d2]

A machine trial was done on site to prove the new concept.
What word do we use for to say that a trial was 'done' please?

I'd use either "carried out" or possibly "run".

I'm not sure that "prove" is really the right word there.

 

[atiq124]

I'd use either "carried out" or possibly "run".

I'm not sure that "prove" is really the right word there.

Please suggest a better word instead of using 'prove' the concept

 

[probus]

I can't think of a single-word replacement for prove. If you don't like "prove" you'll have to replace the whole phrase. Instead of prove the concept you could use test the hypothesis or something similar.

 

[Tarheel]

I don't know why you can't test a concept.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't know why you can't test a concept.

Who said you can't? The original said "prove a concept".

 

[Tarheel]

I was referring to post #4.

 

[White Hat]

'Performed' and 'substantiate'?

 

[emsr2d2]

"Performed a trial run" would work.
We don't "substantiate concepts", though. The word normally collocates with "claim/accusation/allegation".

 

[White Hat]

"Performed a trial run" would work.
We don't "substantiate concepts", though. The word normally collocates with "claim/accusation/allegation".

No argument intended, but please take a look at this: "Experiments in the 1950s through the 1970s failed to substantiate this concept." (by Hugh McDevitt). And this: "The first such trial was performed by the Medical Research Council on a new tuberculosis medicine, streptomycin, in 1946." (by the St Andrews TB research group).

 

[jutfrank]

I'd suggest 'performed' or 'conducted'.

I also dislike 'prove' with 'concept' but I can't suggest a better alternative as I don't know what it's supposed to mean.

 

[atiq124]

I have heard this terminology many times in the industry, "Let's prove the concept first through trials before committing bigger spend"

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes. "Proof of concept" is a common phrase.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_concept

 

[atiq124]

I'd suggest 'performed' or 'conducted'.

I also dislike 'prove' with 'concept' but I can't suggest a better alternative as I don't know what it's supposed to mean.

Clinical trials

Information about clinical trials and how to join one.

www.nhs.uk

They used 'carried out' for the word 'trials'.

 

[jutfrank]

They used 'carried out' for the word 'trials'.

Yes, that's a good collocation.