pilot study
Initial test phase
A pilot study is a small-scale preliminary investigation conducted before a larger research project to test methods, procedures, or instruments.
Researchers use pilot studies to identify potential problems, estimate costs and timeframes, and refine their approach before committing significant resources.
We ran a pilot study with twenty participants to see if the survey questions made sense.
The term applies across disciplines from medicine to social sciences.
- feasibilityPotential for success
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- test runPreliminary performance check
testing · field test · research · research design · small sample · sample · prototype · exploratory · small-scale · validity · methodology · data · data collection · participants · control group · baseline · assessment · evaluation
- surveyspoll, polls, survey, surveys, questionnaire
- researchresearch papers, researching, archive, peer review, investigating
- scientific researchresearch, experiment, lab experiments, clinical trial, thesis
- experimentsexperiment, experiments, test, tests, trials
- teststest, tests, exam, exams, quiz
- trialsjury trial, bench trial, civil trial, criminal trial, retrial