evidence for or of

19:39 Jul 7, 2010

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics / decision-making theory

English term or phrase: evidence for or of

Would you use evidence for or of in the following two sentences (they are examples)

The evidence for correlations between couples' and individuals' expected utility parameters was mixed.

We found evidence for equal balance of power within the couples.

It's for a scientific experiment paper on decision-making and probability theory that I am revising. Thanks!

sfreland KudoZ activity Questions: 12 (1 open) Answers: 0 France
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for

Lynda Bogdan (X)

yes

meirs

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18 mins confidence:

yes

Explanation:
"of" if direct, "for" if indirect (an intermediate computation is required to make it direct)

meirs
Israel
Local time: 23:12
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

Romanian

2 hrs confidence:

for

Explanation:
evidence for = in support of

evidence of =some confirmation

Use of 'for' makes for a stronger supposition

Lynda Bogdan (X)
Canada
Local time: 14:12
Native speaker of:

English

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