Original Research: Descriptive or Analytical, Either-Or or Both-And?

Authors

  • José Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., MA, MD Senior Health Advisor, Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v39i2.2427

Keywords:

research, research design, design, experimental, analytical, observational, descriptive

Abstract

descriptive (adj.)
“serving or aiming to describe,” 1751, from Late Latin descriptivus, from descript-, past-participle stem of describere “to write down, copy; sketch, represent,” from de “down” (see de-) + scribere “to write” (from PIE root *skribh- “to cut”). Related: Descriptively; descriptiveness.

1Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/descriptive
© 2001-2024 Douglas Harper

analytical (adj.)
“employing analytic methods,” 1520s, with -al (1) + Medieval Latin analyticus, from analyticus, from Greek analytikos “analytical,” from analytos “dissolved,” from analyein “unloose, release, set free,” from ana “up, back, throughout” (see ana) + lysis “a loosening,” from lyein “to unfasten” (from PIE root *leu- “to loosen, divide, cut apart”).

2Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/analytical
© 2001-2024 Douglas Harper

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Published

2024-11-21

How to Cite

1.
Lapeña JF. Original Research: Descriptive or Analytical, Either-Or or Both-And?. Philipp J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg [Internet]. 2024 Nov. 21 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];39(2):4. Available from: https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/2427