descriptive study

collocation in English

meanings of descriptiveand study

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descriptive
adjective
uk /dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/ us /dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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study
noun
uk /ˈstʌd.i/ us /ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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Examples of descriptive study

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A descriptivestudy of the self-perceived needs of carers f or dependents with a range of long-term problems.
Overall, the book is stronger as a descriptivestudy than a theoretical one.
Management of deliberate self poisoning in adults in four teaching hospitals : descriptivestudy.
This is a descriptivestudy of 453 pregnancies of 338 mothers from an inner city general practice between 1987 and 1996.
The most favored study design is the descriptivestudy.
One paper11 undertook a small descriptivestudy that looked at nurse-led review clinics in one hospital and compared them to doctor-led review.
Planning activities for patients with dementia : a descriptivestudy of therapeutic activities on special-care units.
As this was a descriptivestudy no control group was used and any comparisons were made with the results of previous work.
This is a largely descriptivestudy and as such does not address potential factors which may explain the seasonal patterns identified here.
Still, a good descriptivestudy has lasting value, and empirical claims invite fur ther analysis.
The overall investigation that followed the initial investigation consisted of a descriptivestudy of cases, three cohort studies, and a case-control study.
Mortality in eating disorders : a descriptivestudy.
Rice again demonstrates a remarkable command of very thorny data and the chapter is an extremely interesting descriptivestudy in itself.
Multiple causal processes are undoubtedly important in generating these patterns of variation, and a descriptivestudy such as our own cannot provide rigorous tests among alternative explanations.
One finding from this descriptivestudy was that nursing practice in the programme is still very much rooted in a 'traditional' model of health service delivery.
The view will be a descriptivestudy which will take note of existing experience, highlight discrepancies and will possibly indicate where further work may be useful.
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This collection of theoretical and descriptive studies on language and gender represents both a challenge and a contribution to the discipline of linguistics.
These are the types most often cited in descriptive studies and used as evidence for absolute rules in formal models.
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