My thesis adviser taught me "never run a pilot study." His point was that you should start to do every study as clean & neat as possible and assume that it will "work." Certainly, many of these studies will turn into pilot studies when problems crop up but to start out assuming it's a pilot study is just wasting time & energy. There is, IMO, a fair amount of wisdom in this approach.
Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2596 or send a blank email to leave-2596-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu