The phrase "ascertain prior" is not correct as it stands and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of determining or confirming something beforehand, but it needs additional context or restructuring to be clear.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, we need to ascertain prior approval from the management."
Alternatives: "confirm beforehand" or "determine in advance".
When planning and beginning a lecture, instructors can ascertain prior knowledge through questions or surveys, and ensure their lecture responds to specific student needs.
Our questionnaire also included more open-ended questions so as to allow more insights from the mothers on issues that we did not ascertain prior to the interviews.
To ascertain prior long-term cognitive decline we will use the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) [ 71] and the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) [ 72].
This paper reports findings from a baseline survey to ascertain prior HIV testing and predictors of knowledge of HIV status amongst inhabitants of the rural UMzimkhulu sub-district of KwaZulu-Natal, the province with the highest HIV prevalence in South Africa, prior to the implementation of a home-based HCT intervention trial.
Assess Student Knowledge – Ascertaining prior knowledge and skills helps instructors craft a learning arc that fits and challenges specific student representations.
Due diligence is expected of the buyer to ensure that all relevant facts regarding the acquisition target have been ascertained prior to consummation of the purchase.
The location of the ASD and the presence of a rim of tissue must be ascertained prior to attempted percutaneous closure.
Others have held that it does not and that the district need only be ascertained prior to trial.
All information leading to exclusion was ascertained prior to colonoscopy.
The task was practiced and comprehension ascertained prior to task performance.
We had rich data on recognized breast cancer risk factors ascertained prior to biopsy.
