pretesting
/priːˈtɛstɪŋ/
noun
- The act of testing something (such as a product, survey, or educational material) before it is used or released, in order to find and fix problems.
- The company conducted pretesting of the new app with a small group of users.
- Educational software often goes through pretesting to ensure it works well for students.
- Pretesting the questionnaire helped the researchers identify confusing questions.
verb
- Present participle of pretext; see pretexted.
- They are pretesting their lack of participation by saying they were never informed.
- He was pretesting his absence by claiming he had a doctor's appointment.
- She kept pretesting her lateness with excuses about traffic.