ABSTRACT
If you plan a pilot study, the proposal should describe when, where, and how it will be carried out. A pilot study, by definition, takes place before the actual study to determine feasibility of the study and to work out bugs. It is important, then, that the pilot have a provision for soliciting and gathering formative evaluation from the pilot study population. This pilot population, in other words, ought to have built into it a systematically designed opportunity for the student to learn the points of view of respondents, including any problems or suggestions the respondents may have.
