"draft a study" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe the process of creating a plan or outline for a research project or experiment. For example: "I need to draft a study on the effects of social media on teenage mental health." "The first step in conducting a scientific study is to draft a detailed research proposal." "We spent months drafting our study, ensuring that all variables were accounted for and our methodology was sound."
Mr. Reside's first step, after drafting a study plan and getting the necessary permissions, was to make bit-for-bit copies of all the files.
With help from Cornell University biologists, industry leaders, and local environmentalists and politicians, Dr. Schreibman is drafting a study promoting Brooklyn aquaculture to submit to city, state and federal officials.
Philip A. Ballinger, the director of admissions at the University of Washington in Seattle, was among the college admissions officials who were on a panel that spent a year drafting a study on the uses, and possible misuses, of the SAT and ACT in college admissions for the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
Experts at Mt . Sinai School of Medicine Hunter College School of Public Health, and other institutions recently drafted a study showing that in just three countries -- India, Indonesia and the Philippines -- over ten million people are at risk of brain damage, cancer, liver and kidney disease, and early death due to lead, chromium, mercury, pesticides and other pollutants.
In yet another egregious example of ghostwriting outlined by Rothman, Excepta Medica drafted a study purportedly showing that Risperdal was the established treatment in children and adolescents with severe behavioral disorders and then went looking for some key opinion leaders (KOLs) to attach their names to the article.
In fact, the report leaked was a draft of a study commissioned by Trafigura itself.
In fact, the report leaked was the so-called "Minton report", a draft of a study commissioned by the firm.
Even if NASA corrects the problem that doomed the Columbia, the agency is likely to lose more shuttles before the fleet reaches its planned retirement date of 2020, according to the draft of a study done for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
A14 Shuttle Crashes Called Likely Even if NASA corrects the problem that doomed the Columbia, more crashes are likely before the shuttle fleet reaches its planned retirement date of 2020, according to the draft of a study done for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
The documents also show that the company prepared a draft summary of a study that Dr. Biederman, of Harvard, was said to have written.
