pretest

n.

1. 1. A preliminary test administered to determine a student's baseline knowledge or preparedness for an educational experience or course of study.
   2. A test taken for practice.
2. The advance testing of something, such as a questionnaire, product, or idea.

tr. & intr.v., -test·ed, -test·ing, -tests. (prē-tĕst')
To subject to or conduct a pretest.

Testing of copy, design, marketing strategies, research methodology, or any other element of a campaign before launching. Pretesting is performed to determine which execution of a campaign is most productive and/or if the chosen research design is optimal. For example, an advertiser may pretest consumer reactions to a new product by displaying point-of-purchase samples in selected store locations, before a national campaign is launched. Pretesting is commonly used for methods of gathering data, since questionnaires, interviewer instructions, and interviewers' capabilities are frequently prone to subjective interpretation and may invalidly skew results. For example, how respondents would interpret and reply to questions is frequently pretested by using personal interviews.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forprøve
v. tr. - forprøve
v. intr. - forprøve

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwaliteitstest (voordat product op de markt komt), toelatingstest (voor verdere studie), deze test uitvoeren

Français (French)
n. - test préliminaire
v. tr. - soumettre à un test préliminaire, effectuer un test préliminaire
v. intr. - soumettre à un test préliminaire, effectuer un test préliminaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vortest
v. - vorher testen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προδοκιμασία, προδιαγώνισμα
v. - προεξετάζω

Italiano (Italian)
esame preliminare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pré-teste (m), pré-exame (m)
v. - pré-testar

Русский (Russian)
предварительная проверка

Español (Spanish)
n. - prueba previa, ensayo
v. tr. - probar en forma previa, ensayar
v. intr. - probarse en forma previa, ensayar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtest
v. - förtesta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预备考试, 预备调查, 进行预备考试, 预先测试

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預備考試, 預備調查
v. tr. - 進行預備考試
v. intr. - 預先測試

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예비시험, 예비검사
v. tr. - 예비시험을 하다
v. intr. - 검사를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予備試験, 試用
v. - 予備検査する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اختبار أولي (فعل) يختبر مقدما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבחן מוקדם‬
v. tr. - ‮בחן במבחן מוקדם‬
v. intr. - ‮ערך מבחן מוקדם‬

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