11. Pilot Studies

Question 1

What are Pilot studies + importance

Answer 1

• No piece of research is perfect. To help foresee any problems, a small-scale pilot study can be run first. This should establish whether the design works, whether participants understand the wording in instructions, or whether smth important has been missed out.
• They also give researchers practice at following the procedures. Problems can be tackled before running the main study, which could save wasting time & money.

Question 2

Why are Pilot studies effective

Answer 2

Pilot studies allow the validity of& reliability of the test to be assessed in advance, which then gives the opportunity for improvements to be made.