collocation · academic
research participants
UK/rɪˈsɜːtʃ pɑːˈtɪsɪpənts/US/rɪˈsɜːrtʃ pɑːrˈtɪsɪpənts/RE·search par·TIC·i·pants
People who take part in a study, e.g. interviewed, surveyed or observed.
Examples
“The research participants were aged between 18 and 25.”
“All research participants gave informed consent.”
“We recruited participants through university mailing lists.”
Band 8 sentence
“All research participants were compensated for their time and debriefed after the study.”
Collocations
- recruit participants
- informed participants
Word family
Common mistakes
participants of the study→participants in the study
a participants→a participant
Say it for a higher band
5people in the study→6study participants→7+research participants
Synonyms
respondents
Easily confused
respondents
“Most respondents completed the online questionnaire within 48 hours.”
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