Stages in research

Stages in research

1. Topic Idea

   • Identify your subject area - think about the things relating to this that you could possibly research

2. Pre search

   • You now need to establish if there are enough resources to accomplish your research.  Are those resources easy to access? Is you subject too general or too specific?
   • Identify suitable resources
     • When initially identifying your resources keep in mind that you need to use a wide range of resources - books, journals, websites, tv programmes etc
   • Broaden or narrow topic
     • Use this time to focus your research topic.  Is it too general (broad) or too specific (narrow)?

3. Define research question or hypothesis

   • Now that you have done some initial research you should be able to define the parameters of your research.  Think of framing your research topic as a question as this will help you during the writing stage.

4. Carry out in depth research

5. Begin draft report

6. Proof read draft report