small scale trial run of a research design before doing the real thing. it is done in order to find out if certain aspects of the design do or don't work.
convention of reports
abstract, subject of the study including aims, hypothesis, method,resulta,conclusion and implications.
reports- introduction
review of previous research, lead to your research.
report- method
a detailed description of what the researcher did.
reports- results
what the researcher found.
references
where details of any source material that the researcher used is listed.