6  Developing your pilot study

This chapter is based on a webpages I wrote in 2007, 2016, 2019, and 2023.

6.1 Step 1. Visualize the bigger study in the future

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6.2 Step 2. Identify planning gaps

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6.3 Step 3. Think about where “Murphy’s Law” might strike

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6.4 The fly in the ointment

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6.5 Bibliography

Steve Simon. IRB review of a pilot study. PMean blog, 2007-03-26. Available in html format.

Steve Simon. So you’re thinking about a pilot study. PMean blog, 2016-06-16. Available in html format.

Steve Simon. Slapping the word pilot on a failed study. PMean blog, 2019-03-03. Available in html format.

Steve Simon. The best reasons to run a pilot study. PMean blog, 2023-12-06. Available in html format.