Working through these steps presupposes a reasonable level of knowledge in the broad
subject area within which the study is to be undertaken. Without such knowledge, it is difficult to clearly and adequately ‘dissect’ a subject area.

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• Step 1 Identify a broad field or subject area of interest to you.

• Step 2 Dissect the broad area into sub areas.

• Step 3 Select what is of most interest to you.

• Step 4 Raise research questions.

• Step 5 Formulate objectives.

• Step 6 Assess your objectives.

• Step 7 Double check.