What Is a Pilot Study

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is a pilot study?

• A) a study that guides other studies
• B) a smaller study used to investigate the feasibility of a larger one
• C) a study designed to improve the validity of a larger study
• D) a study that concerns itself with media use and popular culture
• E) a study that definitively answers a question that has been bothering sociologists

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