AtlasSession 3L9: Variations in study designp.28–30, 44–47
Pilot vs feasibility
- Study designs primer
- Classification
- Cohort studies
- Randomised controlled trials
- Pilot vs feasibility
Fig. 1
Before a dermal-matrix trial for diabetic foot ulcers: feasibility or pilot?
Fig. 1, Can we do it, or a dress rehearsal? (First look): 4 cards dealt; 0 sorted right, 4 still to sort. Bins: Can we do it? 0; Dress rehearsal 0.
- Right so far
- 0 of 4
- Still to sort
- 4
- What the big trial needs, found out
- 0 of 2
Variable Sorter · First look
Level 1 · First look · Lecture 9 · p.28–30, 44–47
Tell 'can we do this study?' apart from 'a small rehearsal of it'.
Tell feasibility studies (is a full study possible and how; estimate parameters) from pilot studies (a mini-version testing that the parts work together), and state their sample-size rules.
Wedding planning (the step you are on)
Checking venues and budgets (feasibility) vs a full dress rehearsal (pilot).
Planning a wedding, you first check the venue and the budget (can we do it?), then hold a full dress rehearsal. A trial gets ready the same way: 4 cards to sort.