A Pilot Study Is

question 21

Multiple Choice

A pilot study is

• A) a smaller study used to investigate the feasibility of a larger one.
• B) a study designed to improve the target population of a larger study.
• C) a study that concerns itself with media use and popular culture.
• D) a study that definitively answers a question that has confused sociologists.

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Definitions:

Cognitions

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when evaluating others' behaviors.

Detect Causes

The process of identifying factors or conditions that lead to the occurrence of a particular event or phenomenon.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing, which often do not reflect reality.