ALT is often performed together with a test for AST or as part of a liver panel. For more about ALT results in relation to other liver tests, see the Liver Panel article. In most types of liver diseases, the ALT level is higher than AST and the AST/ALT ratio will be low (less than 1).
<a href=https://explorable.com/descriptive-research-design>Descriptive Research Design</a>. Descriptive research design is a scientific method which involves observing and describing the behavior of a subject without influencing it in any way. This article is a part of the guide: . Many scientific disciplines, especially social science and psychology, use this method to obtain a general overview of the subject.
Some definitions. 1  Quantitative research is âexplaining phenomena by collecting numerical data that are analysed using mathematically based methods (in particular statistics).â*. 2  Qualitative research seeks to answer questions about why and how people behave in the way that they do.