Quantitative Survey Pilot Study Plan
Many organizations prefer prior gathering and analyzing information concerning the project they plan to undertake to eliminate the chances of any waste while increasing the chances of quality and a reliable final project. Subsequently, great researchers prepare their studies in advance to identify and ensure all materials they will require are put in place to avoid inconveniences while the survey is in progress. More importantly, they conduct pilot research to test their preparedness to facilitate a smooth flow of the actual study.
The research the researcher intends to conduct concerns the library operations. In particular, the study question is to find out the library challenges. On that note, the study will also be seeking to find out how Chinese schools can improve students’ services and communication privacy and ethics as well as relate their library literacy with that of the United States. The researcher will use a quantitative survey research method because it allows the researcher to gather more detail from the participants regarding the study topic. Precisely it attempts to describe the problem more than to measure it. The research sample size will involve 15 percent of participants of the intended actual sample population. Respondents will be randomly selected to avoid selection biases. After that, the researcher will prepare structured pilot questionnaires in conjunction with online interviews, which the study will use to collect data and distribute them to the respondents. Notably, the researcher will seek approval from the area authority the study will be taking place, and after that, find the consent of the participants, which is key to increasing the reliability of the investigation by the audience. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques will be used to analyze the collected data.
Eventually, after the researcher identify the process to follow and put in place all materials the study will require, then the next phase will be to test the procedure and the study equipment. Firstly, the researcher will have to check the appropriateness of the research question to find out if it will attract adequate and relevant information concerning the project. Further, the investigator will hold prior recruitments and training of the respondents to measure their participation capability as well as issue test questionnaires and conduct some interviews to evaluate their correctness, ubiquity, and suitability to give the expected information. Further, the analysis techniques will be applied to test their capacity to analyze the data while verifying the data quality. On that account, the study apparatus will also be examined. Nonetheless, the investigator will evaluate and summarize the data to identify if it meets the criteria and the expected results.
The time plan is also critical, which the study must consider. Therefore, the allocated time for the preparation and interviews of the questionnaire is three days and two more days to seek study approval from authorities and participants’ consent and recruitments. Further, allocated time for the distribution of questionnaires is two days, and the expected time for feedback is five days. Subsequently, the researcher assigns twelve days to interpret and analyze the data, which will take more time since the investigator will also be testing the equipment and quality of the information gathered. Lastly, the study will take five days to prepare, summarize and present the report, which the researcher and supervisor will use to determine whether to carry on with the survey, suggest amendments or decide to look for another study methodology.