In modern biomedical science, a descriptive study is no longer the major focus of many fields.
A series of descriptive field studies were performed to assess fish and benthic communities between two areas within a newly established MPA in SW Portugal.
SVG was responsible for completing a descriptive 'summary' field, which contained the medical diagnosis and causes of death.
Observational data will be captured in extensive descriptive field notes and analytical memos, which will be transferred to a software programme on a daily basis and discussed within the research team.
We also analyzed detailed descriptive field notes that research assistants recorded during the observed encounters.
Descriptive field notes will be written promptly after each observation and interview.
Interview narratives and descriptive field notes were analyzed with MAXqda2 (VERBI Software, Marburg, Germany) using qualitative content analysis [ 46].
Notes were taken during the observations and conversations and were elaborated the same day in descriptive field notes [ 35] in collaboration with the research assistant.
After the researcher had left the ICU, she transformed these notes into comprehensive, descriptive field notes containing both observations of participants' discourse and behaviour in and beyond situations of conflict and informal conversations with the participants.
