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field study

British  

noun

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

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That is exactly what happened during a University of Colorado Boulder field study in an agricultural region of Oklahoma.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Joe McClure, Iowa Soybean Association research director, said the Stanford study largely confirms his organization’s research, though he thought the university researchers should do field study to verify their satellite-based analysis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023

Bonell and her team recently conducted the first field study probing the physiological impacts of heat stress on mother and fetus, published in December 2022.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

There hasn’t been a large systematic field study of hail since the early 1970s, says Gensini, who is a co-principal investigator on the project.

From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2023

The questions below may be used for a more careful field study of any insect.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic