The phrase "a scoping study" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in research or project management contexts to refer to an initial assessment that defines the scope of a project or study.
Example: "Before we proceed with the main research, we need to conduct a scoping study to identify the key areas of focus."
Alternatives: "preliminary study" or "exploratory study".
Four years ago, the Home Office commissioned a "scoping study" which recognised that arson was routinely slipping through the net.
Datta A and Jones N (2011) Linkages between researchers and legislators in developing countries A scoping study.
When pushed, Turnbull nominated his announcement on Thursday to have a scoping study to increase hydroelectric capacity in Tasmania.
A scoping study of information seeking and retrieval research from 2000 to 2015 was conducted.
Originally a scoping study, this project has transitioned to the piloting phase and may ultimately move to a full-scale evaluation.
The home secretary, Amber Rudd, is expected to announce plans to commission Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to carry out a "scoping study" into police forces' understanding of and response to hate crime.
The government will conduct a scoping study to access the possibility of privatising the registration system of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, but the sale of the Treasury building in Canberra has reportedly been shelved.
To do that, a scoping study of the literature on strategic planning of public infrastructure, from 1900 through 2013, was conducted.
McColl MA, Shortt S, Godwin M, Smith K, Rowe K, O'Brien P, Donnelly C. Models for integrating rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study.
A scoping study is included in the modelling methodology of bonded joints and on the hydraulic requirements of the window cooling system.
Following our previous design study with multipass fueling scheme, a scoping study on fuel composition parameters, namely heavy metal (HM) loading per pebble and uranium enrichment was conducted for the simpler once-through-then-out (OTTO) fueling scheme.
