The phrase "a modest study of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a research paper, article, or discussion that aims to explore a topic in a humble or limited manner.
Example: "This paper presents a modest study of the effects of urbanization on local wildlife populations."
Alternatives: "a humble examination of" or "a simple analysis of".
While no country has a perfect model for such programs, Professor Lerman pointed to a modest study of a German effort done last summer by an intern from that country.
A Christian historian might trust that even a modest study of the Spanish-American War, or of Rhode Island history, would do a small part to reveal the providential nature of all history.
Though this was a modest study of fifty-six adulthe the conclusions showed that positive lifestyle factors can be linked with improved immune responses and, even more importantly, this was shown to be true in an elderly population--an age group that is typically more vulnerable to serious consequences.
A clever if modest study of the strains that success can put on a sturdy friendship, the play is less flashy but far more appealing than Mr. Moses' notable previous drama about the anxieties and rewards of the artistic life, "Bach at Leipzig".
We recognize that this study is limited by a modest number of study subjects and that naevus count and imaging were limited to the back.
A modest fraction of study participants displayed CLCR measures significantly higher than might be expected, a finding that requires further evaluation.
However, manual labeling is tedious and time-prohibitive for analyzing even a modest number of studies, and is subject to intra- and inter-rater variability [2, 6, 7].
A modest number of studies have been published suggesting that risk factors for and an increased occurrence of a number of chronic diseases occur in women with endometriosis [ 90– 90].
In addition, it is recognised that a modest proportion of the study population may be resistant to the actions of ASA.
Using biopsies from a modest number of healthy study subjects allied to careful isolation and sophisticated bioinformatic analysis techniques, we show that the human intestinal T cell compartment can be made accessible for transcriptomic studies and may provide useful insight into genetic loci associated with inflammatory pathologies.
