field study

noun

1. (often plural) a research project carried out in the field See field

Example Sentences

In “Letters From the Edge: Stories of Curiosity, Bravery, and Discovery,” Jeff Wilser collects the adventures of more than 45 members of the Explorers Club, a New York-based professional society promoting scientific exploration and field study.

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Just last year it launched a digital archives collection and announced, alongside Ithaka S+R, “Magnitude and Bond: A Field Study on Black Literary Arts Service Organizations,” a research project that will examine the organizational needs, strategies and models behind such institutions.

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A team of international researchers -- including experts from the University of Central Florida and Emory University -- has demonstrated, for the first time in a field study, that using folic acid-fortified iodized table salt can prevent multiple severe birth defects.

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Hinckley said more field study would be required to figure out what purpose the fangs might serve, but that their larger size in males suggests they could have some role in sexual selection.

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The field study then tested the models in a complete natural environment.

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