Prior to the Norwegian HBSC study data collections, also comprehensive qualitative pilot studies have been conducted for both primary and secondary schools to ensure psychometric quality and to verify item comprehension, clarity face validity and ease of completion.
Ornish D, Lin J, Daubenmier J, Weidner G, Epel E, Kemp C et al. Increased telomerase activity and comprehensive lifestyle changes: a pilot study.
We provide comprehensive statistics from a pilot study in which the exomes of 96 pigs were sequenced using the Roche Nimblegen SeqCAP EZ system and the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform.
In the context of a pilot study, this comprehensive scan of the keloid methylome was attempted as an initial proof of concept to generate a knowledge base for insight into the biological complexity of keloids from a genome-wide promoter methylation perspective.
As a pilot study we performed comprehensive molecular diagnostic testing, including the study of the FMR1 and FMR2 repeat regions, copy number variant analysis in a collection of 50 Spanish ASD cases and mutation screening using targeted next generation sequencing-based techniques in 44 out of the total cohort.
Since this is a pilot study, larger more comprehensive studies of the FST are warranted in order to fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of this dynamic functional test.
Financial constraints were another limitation to the study in that comprehensive pilot testing of the recruitment strategy, on-site practice recruitment meetings and the engagement of a paid physician recruiter could not be materialised.
A pilot study of a comprehensive intervention addressing both internal and external adolescent resilience factors in a convenience sample of three socio-economically disadvantaged secondary schools has recently been reported.
The items for the preliminary versions of the RAD were selected based on a comprehensive literature review, a patient interview pilot study, and input from an expert working group.
"The results are good news, even though this was a small pilot study and not a comprehensive evaluation of potential subway-worker health risks from steel dust," said coauthor Steven Chillrud, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
