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stud·y (std)

n.

Research, detailed examination, or analysis of an organism, object, or phenomenon.

v.

To research, examine, or analyze something.

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study,

n the pursuance of education; analysis.

study cast,

n See cast, diagnostic.

study, graduate,

n the baccalaureate educational efforts pursued for credit toward an advanced degree in institutions of higher learning.

study model,

n See cast, diagnostic.

study, postgraduate,

n postdoctoral educational endeavors that may or may not earn credits for advanced degrees.

study, time,

n the technique of random sampling used for analysis of the time spent for rendering each phase of each of the various professional services performed by the dental professional.

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study

a scholarly examination. Specific types of study are also detailed under blind, case-control, cohort, cross-sectional.

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analytical study

one in which a phenomenon is described and an attempt made to analyze the effects of variables on the phenomenon.

descriptive study

one in which a phenomenon is described but no attempt is made to analyze the effects of variables on the phenomenon.

follow-up study

one carried out to find out whether there has been change in the situation since the initial study.

longitudinal study

one carried out over a period of time so that chronological time has an opportunity to exert an effect as a variable.

observational study

see descriptive study (above).

prospective study

one in which the data to be studied are yet to be generated, the events having not yet occurred.

retrospective study

one based on examination of existing data, on events that have already occurred.

simulation study

one in which the real circumstances are simulated, either in fact, or by means of a set of mathematical formulae each of which expresses the probability of each outcome in a series of consequential events that mirror the possible pathways in a real-life situation.