"small-scale study" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It refers to a research project conducted on a limited scale, often with a select group of participants. Example: A small-scale study of college students found that young people are increasingly relying on digital devices for educational purposes.
Every cat with an owner, for instance, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning.
Undoubtedly his greatest achievement as a press agent was in his promotion of Marty (1955), a gentle, small-scale study of the mundane with no star names.
The small-scale study by Manchester University is based on interviews with 11 trainee teachers drawn from two northern universities, and 12 trainee teachers drawn from two universities in the south.
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.
For instance, there is a huge amount debate around the current practice of teaching children to read and spell using phonics, which was based on a small-scale study in Clackmannanshire, as well as evidence from the US.
This was brought home to me some years ago when I was involved in a small-scale study that used standardised diagnostic instruments with a group of language-impaired children.
The small scale study consists of the evolution of a multi-polarity complex region in a Cartesian coordinate system.
A small scale study in 2008 by Universities UK looking into the mental health provision for students and staff at UK universities found that demand for mental health support services in higher education had increased significantly since 2003.
We performed a small scale study to correlate RMEL expression levels with clinical and histopathological features.
One limitations of our study is that it is a small scale study.
