Have you already designed the full "protocol" for your experiment? If so, then you might start collecting data, but include a "debriefing" session with each of your participants afterwards, to make sure that your experimental procedures worked as planned.

Dear Shruti, Thank you for your question. Piloting your study usually, have purposes. For example, if you have developed a questionnaire for your research, "piloting" here aims at receiving feedback on your questionnaire for example clarity of questions, and did the participants understand what you mean in your written questions etc. Another example, If you have developed a tool/instrument to assess or rank articles or participants etc. you need to pilot your work. The aim here is to introduce the researchers to the instrument and how they apply it etc. So piloting comes later in your research, and there are specific objectives you are planning to achieve. I hope this brief answer helps you.

Best regards, Prof. S. Azer

Thank you Sirs.