Anomaly

The proposed cohort's structure as proposed, imbeds within, a methodological principle, being reflected by phenomenological redefinition, a reconciliation of the presence of a phenomenon usually terms as 'Anomaly'. Anomaly defined as a phenomenon which is characteristics ranged out of the theoretical causality boundaries (Heckman, 1943; Briggs 2004; Sobel 2006). The methodological progress derives from detecting and understanding the significance and the meaning of what used to be considered as an anomalous phenomenon.

Frequently, the presence of a phenomenon whose characteristics ranged out of the theoretically expected zone might be considered as a background noise, a sampling error or as a statistical miscalculation. 'Anomaly', is a theoretical concept being used as generalized name for describing an ex-theoretical phenomenon. While in use, it enhances theoretical stability by enabling to ignore the inconvenience caused by the presence of a phenomenon whose characteristics ranged out of the theoretically expected zone. Since the term 'anomaly' is being affected by this embedded subtext, a phenomenon being tagged as such will not indicate the failure of theory nor illuminate its philosophical assumption limitations (Rogowski 1995; Rose 2005; Atmanspacher 2009).

The use of the above mentioned term in order to deal with methodological complexity might enhance the theoretical construct stability. However, the term "anomaly" is being used frequently, in order to provide an explanation of behavior or situations, which cannot exist according to that theory (Chinn, and Brewer, 1993). The emergence of a phenomenon being defined as an anomaly is, at most, a clarification of the model's limitations and its deficiency providing prediction or explanation for the emergence of the phenomena being observed. Acknowledging that a theoretic stability is being compromised by the presence of an anomalous phenomenon and that its appearance, aggregates a buildup of statistically critical mass needed for theoretical refutation according to the accepted scientific stance, thus motivate the use of an alternative term - an 'anomaly'.