Normal Urine. This article is a companion piece to an article on the meaning of white blood cell counts in blood analysis. The focus of this article is to explain the significance of leukocytes in a patientâs urine sample.White blood cells, or leukocytes, are involved in the bodyâs immune response to illnesses or injuries.ormal Urine. This article is a companion piece to an article on the meaning of white blood cell counts in blood analysis. The focus of this article is to explain the significance of leukocytes in a patientâs urine sample.
Burns and Grove (2003:195) define a research design as âa blueprint for conducting a. study with maximum control over factors that may interfere with the validity of the findingsâ. Parahoo (1997:142) describes a research design as âa plan that describes how, when and. where data are to be collected and analysedâ.
Etymology: L, experimentum + designare, to mark out. (in research) a study design used to test cause-and-effect relationships between variables. The classic experimental design specifies an experimental group and a control group. The independent variable is administered to the experimental group and not to the control group, and both groups are measured on the same dependent variable.