If there is little or no information and you can't conduct a rigorous study, there are still things you can do to act more on the basis of logic and less on guesswork, fear, belief, or hope.
The aim of this study was to conduct a rigorous yet focused investigation into the user requirements for a new medical imaging device.
The explicit goal of that study was "to conduct a rigorous and independent assessment of the findings of the Six Cities and ACS Studies of air pollution and mortality".
The aim of this comparative effectiveness study is to conduct a rigorous evaluation of a physical therapist delivered cognitive-behavioral based self-management program with the goal of engaging adults in their own care and improving pain, disability, general health and physical activity outcomes.
Will he be able to conduct a rigorous campaign?
Along with a group of ten or so mid-level campaign workers, Bird conducted a rigorous study of the President's victory over McCain, analyzing what had worked in 2008 and what had not.
We believe we have conducted a rigorous study eliciting utilities for CLL health states using the widely used standard gamble approach and assessing the perspective of individuals from the general population.
The priority for this study design is to conduct a methodologically rigorous study that ensures the safety of all study participants and that yields valid results regarding the risks and benefits of expanding use of a known, effective lifesaving drug for prevention of PPH.
Connected Play not only provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse relationships and learning opportunities that can emerge out of young people's virtual world play, but also serves as a template for how to conduct a methodologically rigorous study of a digital environment and its inhabitants.
We conduct a rigorous comparison study of the performance of 17 field and/or laboratory instruments or methods which are quantitatively characterized (and ranked) for accuracy (bias), reproducibility (precision), material loss (external as well as internal loss), user-dependency, operation time, and ease of cleaning.
Such randomized controlled trials are considered the most rigorous way to conduct a study and the best way to gather convincing evidence of a treatment's effects.
