The phrase "applied a comparative method" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing research, analysis, or evaluation techniques that involve comparing different subjects or variables.
Example: "In her research, she applied a comparative method to analyze the effectiveness of various teaching strategies."
Alternatives: "utilized a comparative approach" or "employed a comparative technique."
Bierbach and co-authors investigated the topic of the evolution of the audience effect in live bearing fishes, by applying a comparative method.
We applied a comparative genome assembly method, which combines de novo assembly and reference guided assembly, to one of the B. subtilis natto strains.
The data was analysed thematically applying a constant comparative method [ 18] using NVIVO™ to allow the results to emerge directly from the data.
After applying a constant comparative method (Glaser and Strauss 1967), 8 codes were collapsed during data analyses as they were descriptively similar, resulting in a total of 27 factors reported in the results.
A comparative method, using genome sequence from multiple trypanosomatid species, was applied to tandem-duplicated genes throughout the T. brucei genome to test for various evolutionary forces.
Basic Dimensions in Conscious Thought (2004) spells out the full details of De Vos' method for using the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) as a comparative method.
In this study, we developed a novel method that applies a comparative genomics approach to predict SMB gene clusters, including those without core genes.
To test whether diversification rate shifts supports the FSGD-diversification hypothesis, we applied a recently developed comparative method [MEDUSA, Modeling Evolutionary Diversification Using Stepwise AIC ([ 16], Additional file 1) to a 'diversity tree' derived from both the chronogram and species richness data compiled from the literature [Fig. 4].
In assigning weights, we applied the pairwise comparative method, developed by Saaty (1980) in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and implemented in the SMCE-Ilwis module.
We applied the constant comparative method of analysis from grounded theory[ 32- 34] to the data by employing the three steps of coding and categorizing: open coding axial coding, and selective coding.
