'practice trial' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a simulated or simulated trial run of a certain task or situation. You can use it in situations where you want to test out a process or procedure before implementing it in real life. Example: The team conducted a practice trial of the new software to ensure its functionality before launching it to the public.
Practically, the first trial was always a physical practice trial, in order to avoid participants imagining doing a task without having performed it physically beforehand.
Participants completed a practice trial before the experiment began.
Each participant underwent an instructional period and a practice trial before proceeding to the experiment.
Concurrent performance feedback (a Lissajous figure) was available to the participants during each practice trial.
One practice trial was presented before the beginning of the virtual navigation task to get acquainted with the virtual environment.
Following one practice trial, subjects performed three test trials for each lower extremity in alternating fashion, beginning with the noninvolved lower extremity.
Each practice trial was identical to the experimental trials except the feedback was accompanied with text saying "here is the nodule" so that the subjects understood the feedback.
Including the ten-minute practice trial, the total amount of time a participant spent inside the simulator was about 40 min.
In the industrial practice, trial and error approach is usually applied for the definition of injection locations and strategies during VARI processing thus generating a high risk of failure during the early stages of production of a new component.
To investigate the influence of geography on quality control (QC) testing in the point of care testing (PoCT) in general practice trial.
Initially, a practice trial was completed, and participants refrained from products containing caffeine and lower-body exercise for 24 h prior to subsequent trials.
