Carry out

How it is used

Very common in methods sections and research proposals, often in the passive: 'The interviews were carried out in Turkish.' Conduct is a slightly more formal alternative. With a pronoun, the particle goes at the end: carry it out.

Example sentences

1. The fieldwork was carried out between April and June 2023.

2. We carried out a pilot study to test the interview questions.

Common collocations

• carry out research
• carry out a study
• carry out an analysis
• carry out interviews

Related terms

• researchCareful, systematic study of a subject in order to discover new facts, test ideas or reach new conclusions.
• methodologyThe overall approach and reasoning behind how a study is done, including the choice of design, methods, data and analysis, and the reasons for those choices.
• analysisDetailed examination of data or a text in order to identify patterns, relationships or meaning, often using statistical or qualitative techniques.
• questionnaireA set of written questions given to many people to collect information about their opinions, experiences or behavior.

More terms: Research Design

• research question
• hypothesis
• qualitative
• quantitative
• sample
• participant
• case study
• validity
• reliability
• mixed methods
• variable
• survey