A Research Process

Objectives

Steps in a Research Process

Managing an Extended Research Process

Research or Empirical Research Studies

Literature Reviews

Step 5: Analyze and evaluate the information

Relate the information you have found and compiled, and your ideas from reading and thinking about the information, to your topic.

• analyze your notes
  • break down your notes into topic themes or categories
  • decide how these themes or categories relate to your topic
• discard notes that do not relate to your thesis
• look for holes in your thesis statement support and go back to find information you are missing
  • do you have enough information to complete your research? If not, you may have to repeat several of the previous steps and/or extend the research process

Steps 6 and 7: Synthesize the information, and communicate/present the research