Next, an experimenter gave a brief, verbal introduction to the LEGO NXT robot.
With a little humor, you can sometimes get across a short "who am I" statement with more punch than a 3-minute verbal introduction.
The "Viewing" group in each experiment was given a longer verbal introduction for the same two subtopics to avoid the confounding variable of two groups having different learning times.
At the beginning of a session, the scripted verbal introduction briefly demonstrated the problem representation used in the respective treatment.
The music therapy relaxation technique combines a verbal introduction, soothing sounds played live on a monochord and vocal improvisation.
19 Patients will only be given 'Letters of Invitation' if, in the opinion of the research associate, there has been an adequate verbal introduction to the trial.
One author (NBA) visited all groups in the sample, gave a verbal introduction to the survey, and subsequently invited all students in the sampled groups by e-mail.
The main part of our experiment consisted of a scripted verbal introduction, a training session, a scripted explanation of the problem setting, the actual course selection exercise, and an online survey.
Patients for whom mastectomy is a potential treatment option and who appear eligible for the study are given a brief verbal introduction to the study by a clinician or nurse at the initial breast clinic consultation and provided with either a brief written study summary or a full participant information sheet, as deemed appropriate.
The verbal introduction to the survey informed the GPs that our survey was about their management of HF; that a vignette with limited response options was used to collect the data using an electronic voting system; that the data they provided would be treated anonymously during collection, analyses and reporting.
