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Navigating the waves: the usefulness of a pilot in qualitative research
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Keywords in Qualitative Methods
Michael Bloor,Fiona Wood +1 more
TL;DR: An essential companion for students across the social and health sciences, this text provides a wide-ranging coverage of qualitative methods complemented by extended illustration from the array of academic disciplines in which qualitative research is found and employed.
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The Pilot Study in Qualitative Inquiry: Identifying Issues and Learning Lessons for Culturally Competent Research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of a pilot study in undertaking phenomenological qualitative inquiry for culturally competent research and highlight the benefits of pilot work, describing the specific practical and methodological issues emerging in the pilot exercise as well as the modifications made for the main study as a result of the pilot work.
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Conducting the Pilot Study: A Neglected Part of the Research Process? Methodological Findings Supporting the Importance of Piloting in Qualitative Research Studies:
Johan Malmqvist,Johan Malmqvist,Kristina Hellberg,Gunvie Möllås,Richard Rose,Michael Shevlin +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the processes and impact of inclusive education in Sweden with results obtained from a study undertaken in Ireland, a pilot study was conducted and the results showed that Sweden was more inclusive than Ireland.
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