Sentence examples for using an observational design from inspiring English sources

The goal of our study (conducted June to December 2012) was to examine changes that occurred at a large, Columbia, SC, preschool during the implementation of the South Carolina ABC Child Care program standards using an observational design, including a survey of parents and nutrient analysis of menus.

Using an observational design, progenitor cells were quantified by flow cytometry from both bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB).

While previous evidence was based only on randomised, controlled trials (RCTs), our study has provided some additional evidence using an observational design.

Three test grid studies used a randomized controlled design and 98 studies used an observational design.

This study used an observational design to examine the kinematics of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) by determining the acceleration characteristics of the manipulative input at the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal regions.

Methods: This study used an observational design to evaluate adherence to ACLS protocol in residents attending standardized cardiac event simulations.

The study was based on data from the European Practice Assessment and used an observational design.

Our study involved a test implementation of the computerized SBI program and therefore used an observational design.

Study 1 will use an observational design to examine the uptake and use of TREND by authors, and by journals in their instructions to authors.

As we used an observational design, it was not possible to demonstrate a causal relationship between included characteristics or measures and patients' perceived quality of care.

We need to know the size of these effects and factors that influence their magnitude in order to properly interpret results of clinical trials in general, especially as many surgical trials nowadays use an observational design or case registers.