Pilot studies

• pilot study

  small-scale trial run of actual study
• aim of a pilot study

  - find out if certain aspects of study work or needs to be modified
• what may researchers look at when using a pilot study (4)

  - whether pp's understand instructions

  - whether pp's guess aim of study

  - whether pp's get bored due to asked to do too many tasks

  - timings and level of difficulty of tasks