RT Book, Section
A1 Portney, Leslie G.
A1 Watkins, Mary P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1138250437
T1 Asking the Research Question
T2 Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803646575
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138250437
RD 2024/10/12
AB The  first  step  in  any  research  effort  is  identification  of  the  specific  question  that  will  be  investigated.  This  is  the  most  important  and  often  most  difficult  part  of  the  research  process,  because  it  controls  the  direction  of  all  subsequent  planning  and  analysis.  The  delineation  of  a  precise  question  is  an  analytic  and  evolutionary  process,  requiring  a  thorough  search  through  the  literature  to  determine  what  information  is  already  available  on  the  topic.  Throughout  the  search  the  researcher  re-examines  and  redefines  the  purpose  of  the  research,  honing  it  and  clarifying  it  until,  finally,  an  important  "researchable"  question  is  asked.