Research Activity
defined observation
defined ob·ser·va·tion
Definitions related to defined observation:
  • An activity defined at a global library level whose intention is to obtain a result by observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of a subject's physiologic or psychologic state. Example(s): blood chemistry panel, body mass index calculation, blood pressure measurement, obtaining DNA sequence, genotyping a genetic variant, measuring the pH of a solution, specimen quality review.
    BRIDG Model Dictionary
    Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
  • An activity whose intention is to obtain a result by observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of the physiologic or psychologic state of an entity.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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