ABSTRACT
The starting point for any research project, and the first stage of the research process, is to decide upon your initial research topic. This is an important stage – a poorly thought out research question can lead to irretrievable difficulties in your research project later on. It can also be a difficult task, and one that can be extremely time consuming! In this chapter we will describe some of the strategies that you can use to develop your research question, and focus the aims and objectives of your research, and also outline some of the means by which you can assess your research question.
