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- What is a pilot questionnaire?
- Why pilot a questionnaire?
- Why it is important to pilot a questionnaire before data collection?
What is a pilot questionnaire?
A pilot survey is a mini-survey where the researcher sends out a questionnaire to a smaller sample size compared to the actual target audience. By collecting information from a convenience sample, you can predict the response patterns of participants and make any required changes to your research.
Why pilot a questionnaire?
Pilot testing enables you to assess your whole questionnaire under survey conditions. The primary benefit of pilot testing is to identify problems before implementing the full survey. Pilot testing looks to examine the validity of each question.
Why it is important to pilot a questionnaire before data collection?
It's important to test your survey questionnaire before using it to collect data. Pretesting and piloting can help you identify questions that don't make sense to participants, or problems with the questionnaire that might lead to biased answers.
