You're really just restating what I said, Marc, albeit with a somewhat
different slant/emphasis. You say, You don't start sloppy -- you set things up
according to what the literature and your hypotheses tell you, and you exercise
control as you would with any research. That's really all I was
I don't know about Chris,Mike,Stephen,Bill,John,Scott,Peter,Paul, and
Mary, but I think most labs run pilot studies...it's just not called
that.
Nor is it especially demarcated with the PI proclaiming...
Very well,beginthe
Pilot Study!
Rather,
I could bet that Chris,Mike,Stephen,Paul,Bill,John,and Scott(the -out-of-office
reply dude) never run a pilot study but there was a time when advisors and
research supervisors would always recommend to run a pilot before
undertaking some research,thesis,or dissertation.As a matter of fact
