Shaping the research objective, step by step

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What you are trying to achieve through your research is a question that your peers and guides will ask right at the beginning. When starting a task, you must be sure of its end as well; otherwise, it is very easy to be misled, or leave the task midway. The goal must be very clear. In fact, unless you are sure of the objectives of research, you cannot determine the research questions and move on with the study. So, look before you leap; and identify the purpose of your study.

There are a few steps which you can follow for deciding the objective:

• A review of the literature: go through the studies and reports which have been created based on the subject by other researchers. There can be various sources, like the internet, college libraries, newspaper reports, journal papers and books on the topic, which you can explore for finding out what has been written and discussed earlier.
•  Find the knowledge gap: after you have briefly studied all the literature you can find, note down the results and see their scope. Thus, you will be able to locate the area which has not been explored, or has many facets untouched.
• Focus your study: the next step will be to adjust the focus of the study in such a manner that it addresses the knowledge gap and seeks to fill it. The research aim will be crafted accordingly.
• Explore the society: if you are a social researcher, you can consider looking around yourself in the society and finding areas which need attention. There can be issues which need to be resolved, and matters which require attention. You can aim to solve a part of these problems with the help of your research team.

Whether your research objectives are social, medical or legal or simply literary in nature, they must be properly defined. If the conditions in which you are working are dynamic, then the objectives can change during the course of the research. To allow for such changes, the goals must be kept flexible to some extent.

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