Sentence examples for pilot and validation from inspiring English sources

Thus, on the one hand, there is a strong need for innovative measures and on the other hand, developing new instruments requires careful checking for validity and reliability in elaborate and costly pilot and validation studies.

In these cases, researchers need to develop instruments for evaluation studies in very short time without being able to conduct careful pilot and validation studies.

However, the final number of items, and the number of response level options for each item will be explored following a multi-centre pilot and validation study.

The questionnaire was developed over a series of focus groups, pilot and validation events with NHS Scotland staff through 2011 2013.

The aim of the study was to further refine the draft descriptive system, prior to a multi-centre pilot and validation study, after which the final CAT-QoL instrument would be developed.

Comprehension was determined in the pilot study by the patients' answers to the questions exploring their understanding of each item on the NDI and COM questionnaires, and was measured in both the pilot and validation studies by the patients' requests for aid in interpretation and by the number of items which were not answered in each questionnaire.

The biotechnological production of biobased dicarboxylic acids has recently become a hot topic in industrial biotechnology, with many investments involved in the development, piloting, and validation at demonstration scale of diverse processes using renewable raw materials.

We selected the critical appraisal tool for cross- sectional surveys [ 7] as it includes reference to development of the survey tools such as piloting and validation as well as sampling of the population.

To begin with the CCS development for combating the emission problems caused mainly by coal-fired power plant, a pioneering pilot injection and validation test for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage into a deep saline aquifer has been set forth since 2008 in Taiwan by Taiwan Power Company (Tai-power), a national owned enterprise.

The English survey was translated into the 10 primary languages (Dutch, German, Greek, French, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish and Spanish) and underwent pilot testing and validation.

4. Pay close attention to usability, including the time it takes to complete the checklist, potential negative effects on caregivers' work and patient safety, and feedback from potential users. 5. Perform rigorous pilot testing and validation of the checklist before full-scale implementation.