How to Conduct Research: A Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Identify a suitable topic for study and refine it further with your supervisor

Identify a suitable topic for study and refine it further with your supervisor.???Prepare a ‘literature review’ essay (once you have selected a topic), as an intermediate step, to develop a detailed understanding of what has been published so far on this topic in terms of concepts, theory, prior findings, data and methods of analysis used by researchers in the field.???Design and undertake, with the support of your supervisor, an appropriate research strategy to investigate the topic, including identifying and accessing useful sources of data or information, and analyse data (which can be of a qualitative or quantitative nature).