pilot study

  • 1pilot study — pilot study, a preliminary study to determine factors requiring analysis, as a tentative analysis, often of sociological data …

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  • 2Pilot Study —   [ paɪlət stʌdɪ, englisch], Pilotstudi|e, empirische Sozialforschung: die Leitstudie …

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  • 3pilot study — A small scale marketing research study conducted as a trial so that any problems can be eliminated before a full study is undertaken. For example, a pilot study might show that changes are needed in a questionnaire because questions are ambiguous …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 4pilot study — bandomasis tyrimas statusas T sritis biomedicinos mokslai apibrėžtis Tyrimo metodo tikrinimas tiriant mažą žmonių grupę. Jei metodas tinkamas, jis vėliau taikomas dideliems tyrimams. atitikmenys: angl. pilot study šaltinis Pagrindinės… …

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  • 5pilot study — bandomasis tyrimas statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Empirinis mažos apimties tyrimas, skirtas testuoti, tobulinti tyrimo instrumentą arba formuluoti prielaidas. Paprastai atliekamas prieš kiekvieną sudėtingesnį empirinį tyrimą. Ypač… …

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  • 6pilot study — Any small scale test of a research instrument (such as a questionnaire, experiment, or interview schedule), run in advance of the main fieldwork, and used to test the utility of the research design. Pilot studies therefore very in size and nature …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 7pilot study — /ˈpaɪlət stʌdi/ (say puyluht studee) noun a limited research undertaking designed as a preliminary test of the hypotheses and methods of a subsequent major project: *So far pilot studies suggest that there were definite benefits from soya for… …

  • 8pilot study — The initial study examining a new method or treatment …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 9Pilot experiment — A pilot experiment, also called a pilot study, is a small scale preliminary study conducted in order to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and effect size (statistical variability) in an attempt to predict an appropriate sample… …

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  • 10pilot — pi|lot1 W3 [ˈpaılət] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pilote, from Italian pedota, from Greek pedon oar ] 1.) someone who operates the controls of an aircraft or spacecraft ▪ an airline pilot ▪ a fighter pilot ▪ The official repo …

    Dictionary of contemporary English