… the process and outcomes of pilot studies… Pilot studies can be based on quantitative and/or
qualitative methods and large‘scale studies might employ a number of pilot studies before the …

… amongst researchers of both the process and outcomes of pilot studies. … pilot studies, and
in particular to report in more detail the actual improvements made to the study design and the …

… Pilot studies can be based on quantitative and/or qualitative methods and large-scale
studies might employ a number of pilot studies before the main survey is conducted. Thus …

… pilot studies. We thought that it would be helpful to provide some discussion of the issues
associated with reporting pilot studies … to consider when interpreting the results of such studies. …

… This article suggests the importance of experiential knowledge and/or engagement of the …
Although this article has focused on a qualitative study, pilot studies have equal importance …

… The objective of this paper is to provide a detailed examination of the key aspects of pilot
studies for phase III trials including: 1) the general reasons for conducting a pilot study; 2) the …

… Pilot studies are a crucial step in the research process. The results of the pilot studies made
the research team reconsider aspects of the main survey. We opted for a system whereby a …

… evaluation contract, used to measure the success of the pilot studies already conducted. (Note
that, although this section of this article is labeled “evaluation,” at this point we are …

… pilot studies that are used specifically to plan an RCT. For the main part of the paper we focus
on external pilot studies… carried out independently to the main study. In contrast, an internal …

… Apart from being of importance to our own research, we argue that our findings indicate
the value of elaborated pilot studies where the intention is to conduct research with a wider …