Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)

RLO: Designing a Questionnaire

Introduction
Design
Pilot Study
Maximising Response
Activity
Feedback
Resources

Pilot Study

A pilot study is a pre-test of the questionnaire - it evaluates under real circumstance how the questionnaire will work.

Even with the best will in the world - authors can bias or lead respondents. A good pilot study will review questions', format, sequencing and instruction and also evaluate any investigators. This will ensure the questionnaire gets answers to the authors’ research questions.

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