Pilot experiment

A pilot experiment, pilot study, pilot test or pilot project is a small-scale preliminary study conducted to evaluate feasibility, duration, cost, adverse events, and improve upon the study design prior to performance of a full-scale research project.^[1]^[2]

^ Thabane L, Ma J, Chu R, Cheng J, Ismaila A, Rios LP, et al. (January 2010). "A tutorial on pilot studies: the what, why and how". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-10-1. PMC 2824145. PMID 20053272.
^ Lewis M, Bromley K, Sutton CJ, McCray G, Myers HL, Lancaster GA (February 2021). "Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!". Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7 (1): 40. doi:10.1186/s40814-021-00770-x. PMC 7856754. PMID 33536076.

[thabane-1] Thabane L, Ma J, Chu R, Cheng J, Ismaila A, Rios LP, et al. (January 2010). "A tutorial on pilot studies: the what, why and how". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-10-1. PMC 2824145. PMID 20053272.

[lewis-2] Lewis M, Bromley K, Sutton CJ, McCray G, Myers HL, Lancaster GA (February 2021). "Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!". Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7 (1): 40. doi:10.1186/s40814-021-00770-x. PMC 7856754. PMID 33536076.

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