My concerns about wasting data and the difficulty in finding interviewers for a pilot study.
I am not aware of any sources that require a pilot study as mandatory in qualitative interviewing. Indeed, there is an old saying that if you first interview works, then it is data; if not, then it was a pretest.
Best of luck.
Piloting is not mandatory, although you can pilot your interview guide to be sure that your questions are clear and unambiguous. Also, when your interview is going to be in another language, you may need to translate the questions and pilot the tool.
David L Morgan Thank you for the clarification. I'll keep that in mind as I proceed with my study.
Best regards,
Israa
IMO, pilot study is not mandatory but is a blessing. It helps in anticipating difficulties or addresses serious problems that might occur in the field study.
Chenail provides useful advice: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol16/iss1/16/
Lilian Chew, I agree with your perspective. While a pilot study may not be mandatory, it certainly provides significant benefits.
David Coker Thanks for the recommendation, your advice indeed seems valuable. I'll check out the article you shared
If you decide to do your field study without first conducting a pilot study for your research, and later on you are taken to task, then you need to be able to defend your decision and provide justifications from very thorough literature review to support your decision.
Lilian Chew I will ensure to carefully consider this aspect in my research planning.
Best regards
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