Collocations withobservation
These are words often used in combination withobservation.
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accurate observation
To perform clinical practice with few errors, accurate observation of patients, and the ability to assess prognosis correctly are required.
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acute observation
No doubt that was due to my own lack of acute observation.
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astronomical observation
Another method of determining time relied upon astronomical observation.
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careful observation
Careful observation and description of tropical forest change provides the material from which specific hypotheses must be formulated and examined.
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casual observation
We have categorized these theories into four sets: self-selection, elite-driven processes, social interaction and casual observation.
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clinical observation
Information from general clinical observation during the consultation was used to compensate for this.
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close observation
Such close observation was motivated by a serious purpose since clothing was thought to offer a kind of window on individuals and societies alike.
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concluding observation
I am not going to follow the last speaker, except to make a slight comment upon his concluding observation.
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continuous observation
Continuous observation of rabbits following infection allowed precise recording of incubation and survival times.
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detailed observation
We focus the discussion on the possible utilization of a detailed observation of tattoos during the screening interview for blood donors.
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direct observation
Moreover, studies of the mentation-brain link require direct observation of brain activity in behaving persons.
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empirical observation
More specifically, consider the empirical observation that the exceptions tend to be high-frequency words.
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experimental observation
This numerical simulation can be applied to a non-destructive diagnosis based on the limited parameters from experimental observation.
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initial observation
An appropriate initial observation date is 1967 because it allows ample time for any possible synchronization from the initial wave of post-war elections to dissipate.
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interesting observation
A first interesting observation from the above equations is that the local permeability appears in the numerator of the gravity vorticity.
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keen observation
Specifically, the authors make the keen observation that the use of visual aids tends to take the audience's attention away from the presenter.
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method of observation
This is a much more systematic method of observation than diary keeping, but now different issues of sampling come to the fore.
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microscopic observation
An electron microscopic observation on the cross-striated fibrils occurring in the human spermatocyte.
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naturalistic observation
For example, there is inconsistency between laboratory-based assessment procedures - standard false belief tests - and naturalistic observation of young children.
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observation platform
At a height of 190 m there is an observation platform as well as a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia.
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observation port
It had an observation port in the front, vision slits on both sides and an armored searchlight on a swing arm in the rear.
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observation session
To reduce the observer effect, the researcher visited the participants' homes before the observation session and interacted with all the family members.
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participant observation
Indeed, one of the accomplishments that was repeatedly pointed out to me was the fraternity's all-sports intramural championship the year before my participant observation began.
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personal observation
It was projected from those data that two independent sets of six enzymes would produce similarity measures that were highly correlated (r=0.8) (personal observation).
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preliminary observation
We need one preliminary observation.
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scientific observation
We are used to its empirical version : the scientific observation of ' mixture ' in mestizo's bodies, cultures, races, and so forth.
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systematic observation
More systematic observation and ecologically valid studies are urgently needed, although the latter pose considerable ethical challenges.
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the following observation
Our result is based on the following observation.
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visual observation
The human experience of space is a bodily one, rather than a distanced visual observation.
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