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The line between
the ecological and individual contexts is the dividing line between
descriptive and analytical studies and is not sharp and often overlapping
e.g. cross sectional studies can be both descriptive and analytical. One
practical distinction between the descriptive and analytical studies is that
former are based on the study and analysis of routinely collected data while
the later from ad hoc collection of information. |