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Derive

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

/dɪˈraɪv/verbCommon term

In academic english & research, derive means: To get or develop something from a source, such as data from records, themes from interviews or a hypothesis from theory.

In Turkish: türetmek, elde etmek, çıkarmak

How it is used

Usually passive with from: 'Codes were derived from the data', 'The hypotheses are derived from social learning theory.' It also describes word origins: a word derived from Latin. The noun derivation and the adjective derived are common.

Example sentences

  1. The themes were derived inductively from the interview data.

  2. Income data were derived from tax records.

Common collocations

  • derived from
  • derive a hypothesis
  • data derived from
  • derive meaning from
  • hypothesisA testable statement that predicts a relationship or outcome, which a study then supports or fails to support with evidence.
  • codingIn qualitative research, the process of labeling parts of the data, such as sentences in interviews, with short codes that describe their meaning.
  • theoretical frameworkThe theory or set of connected theories that a study uses to explain its problem, shape its questions and interpret its findings.
  • dataFacts, numbers, recordings, texts or observations collected in a study and then analyzed to answer a research question.

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