The phrase "robust study" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to describe a thorough, well-designed, and reliable study or research. Example: The researchers conducted a robust study on the effects of exercise on mental health, carefully controlling for various factors and using a large sample size.
Given that game violence remains a favoured bogeyman for politicians, press and pressure groups, it should be shocking that such a robust study of the phenomenon is rare.
A robust study by the World Health Organisation, published this month, found high levels of stress and anxiety among 11- to 15-year-olds, especially related to school.
It is not the most robust study: 40 people copied numbers from a telephone directory for 15 minutes and then had to come up with different uses for a pair of polystyrene cups.
The scientists who carried out the separate field study for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs admitted it was "not a statistically robust study" because of the contamination issues.
The most recent and scientifically robust study is by Glasgow and Liverpool Universities, which found that UK (whole) organic milk has on average 68% higher levels of the essential fatty acid omega-3 and a healthier omega-3 6 omega-3 6han non-organic milk.
While individual manufacturers and smaller segments of the apparel industry have begun trying to quantify their effects, a robust study of the entire life cycle of the apparel and footwear industries is only now getting under way.
Biologist Gordon Port of Newcastle University in the United Kingdom agrees, calling the work a "robust" study.
Further studies need to be conducted with robust study design to resolve heterogeneity in the current literature.
A unique and robust study design, and results of the study are presented in this article.
Twenty-one laboratories across fourteen different companies participated, yielding a robust study and large dataset.
Future studies of interventions in drinking environments should focus on using appropriate and robust study designs.
