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Capability:

is it feasible?

Are you fascinated by the topic?

Do you have the necessary research skills?

Can you complete the project in the time available?

Will the research still be current when you finish?

Do you have sufficient financial and otherresources?

Will you be able to gain access to data?

Appropriateness: is it worthwhile?

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Will the examining institute's standards be met?

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Does the topic contain issues with clear links to theory?

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Are the research questions and objectives clearly stated?

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Will the proposed research provide fresh insights into thetopic?

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Are the findings likely to be symmetrical?

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Does the research topic match your career goals?

Generating research ideas:

Useful Techniques

Rational thinking

Creative thinking

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examining your strength

• keeping an ideas

and interest

notebook

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looking at past project titles

• exploring personalpreferences usingpast projects

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discussion

• relevance tree

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searching the literature:

• brainstorming

articles in academic journalsreportsbooks

Refining research ideas: useful

techniques

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Using the Delphi technique:

Brief the group about research idea, ask them togenerate independently up to three specific researchideas based on the original research idea withjustification, collect from them the so developedresearch ideas and redistribute in an unedited formamongst all group-members.

Repeat the above cycle so that group-membersimprove their own contribution in light of what othershave said.

Repeat the cycle till the time that group reaches onsome consensus on the research idea; this eitherfollows a similar cycle or group discussion, voting orsome other method.

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Write research questions

That are:

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Consistent with expected standards »^

Able to produce clear conclusions »^

Able to generate new insights »^

At the right level (not too difficult) »^

Not too descriptive (beware of research questions that aretoo easy or too difficult) Note: It is often a useful starting point in the writing of research

questions to begin with one general focus research questionthat flows from your research idea; this may lead to severalmore detailed questions or the definition of researchobjectives.

Examples of research ideas

and their derived focus questions

Table 2.2 Examples of research ideas and their derived focus researchquestions

Research objectives must be

‘SMART’

SpecificMeasurableAchievableRealisticTimely