[TW2] E2: Gearing up for and Initiating the Pilot Study

Pilot Study

• Refers to mini or small versions of a full-scale study

• Regarded as a preliminary study intended to test study procedures

Pilot Study

• Also known as a feasibility study

Feasibility Study

Other term for a pilot study

Pilot Study

• Involves the pre-testing of the research instrument such as a survey, test, interview schedule or guide (aide memoir), and data gathering tools.

Pilot Study

• A trial run of the entire study from start to finish that increases the likelihood of success for the main study.

• A dry run of your study procedures.

Safety of Study Procedures, Potential for Recruiting Participants, Examination of Sequencing and Other Particular Steps, Increasing Researcher Experience, Feasibility of the Study Intention

What are the 5 Considerations of a Pilot Study?

Results are only based on a small number of people, Problems may occur during the actual study execution, Contamination issues, Requires significant investment of resources, Possible duplication of efforts

What are 5 problems with Pilot Studies?

research; successful

Completing a pilot study is not a guarantee that the ______ will be _______.

independent studies; publication

Pilot studies are considered as _________ worthy of ________.

Publication Bias

• Tendency of journal and publishing bodies to select only the researches that have subjective favorable results or findings

• May lead to overestimation and underrepresentation of real outcomes

overestimation and underrepresentation

The tendency of publication journals to select researches that have subjectively favorable results could lead to ________ and _________ of real outcomes.

learning experiences

Pilot studies offer _________ that must be documented and shared.

Adopted Instruments

Adopting VS Adapting Pre-existing Instruments

• Reliability and validity research studies conducted on those instruments can be used to the current study.

• Links current study to all other studies that used the same instruments.

Adopted Instruments

Adopting VS Adapting Pre-existing Instruments

___________ saves time in making significant changes.

Adopted Instruments

Adopting VS Adapting Pre-existing Instruments

• Simple and requires little effort

• May require a few modifications if necessary

Adapted Instruments

Adopting VS Adapting Pre-existing Instruments

• Population by which instruments were created is different with your intended research informants

• Manifestation of the variable may be different from the group it was created and for the informants that you intend

  • Consider: Western and eastern cultural differences

Adapted Instruments

Pre-existing instruments

• Requires more substantial changes

• Follows the general design of another instrument but adds items, removes items, and/or substantially changes the content of each item

Adapted Instruments

Adopting VS Adapting Pre-existing Instruments

• Almost similar to creating a new instrument

adopted; adapt; develop

Whenever possible, it is best for an instrument to be _______.

When this is not possible, the next best option is to _____ an instrument.

However, if there are no other instruments available, then the last option is to ______ an instrument.

Identify the Copyright Holder, Seek Permission from the Publisher, Contact the author/s of the instrument, Capture the Explicit Permission to Use in case Instrument is Publicly Available

4 steps in using existing instruments