Clarity

- Could you elaborate further on your hypothesis (or idea)?

- Could you give me a more detailed explanation of the phenomenon you have in mind?

Accuracy

- How could we check on those data?

- How could we verify or test that theory?

Precision

- Could you be more specific?

- Could you give me more details on the phenomenon?

- Could you be more exact as to how the mechanism takes place?

Relevance

- How do those data relate to the problem?

- How do they bear on the question?

Depth

- What factors make this a difficult scientific problem?

- What are some of the complexities we must consider?

Breadth

- Do we need to look at this from another perspective?

- Do we need to consider another point of view?

- Do we need to look at this in other ways?

Logic

- Are all the data consistent with each other?

- Are these two theories consistent?

- Is this implied by the data we have?

Significance

- Is this the central idea to focus on?

- Which set of data is most important?

Fairness

- Do I have a vested interest in this issue that keeps me from looking at it objectively?

- Am I misrepresenting a view with which I disagree?