The phrase "a smaller scale study of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to research or analysis that is conducted on a limited or reduced scope compared to larger studies.
Example: "The researchers conducted a smaller scale study of the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance."
Alternatives: "a limited scope study of" or "a reduced scale investigation of".
This was a small scale study of 6 interventions in the 2004 version of QOF, and did not include quality adjusted life years (QALYs) as an outcome.
Previous research has shown that greater deprivation is associated with longer waits in Scotland, and a small scale study of 4309 patients in England from April 2000 to 2001 found some inequity in the distribution of waiting times.
This paper intends to present the results of a small scale study on the implementation of drama workshop among second language learners.
SIXTEEN years ago, a small-scale study of human growth hormone therapy among older men opened a large debate in the medical community over whether it could stave off physical decline.
The Leeds Partnership Project: Improving Literacy Through Film, a small-scale study of 47 schoolchildren, found that when pupils regularly engaged with film their average progress in reading almost doubled in one term.
Last year, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research published a small-scale study of use of the Wii Fit by adults and children in homes over three months and its impact on physical activity and fitness.
A small-scale study of Swedish vocational teachers' identity formation found that many of the interviewed teachers did not maintain a current vocational identity (Fejes and Köpsén 2014).
The study is an example of how a small-scale study of an important surrogate endpoint can help define stroke unit management when evidence from large-scale clinical trials is not yet available.
A correlation between gene duplication and gene expression variation has been previously observed in a small-scale study of gene expression networks in P. glauca, and also in Arabidopsis and rice (Hanada et al. 2008; Verta et al. 2013).
For instance, Smith et al. performed a small-scale study of global gene expression changes in NK cells co-stimulated by IL-2, IL-12, and IL-18 compared to unstimulated NK cells [ 63].
