Describe the different stages of social research.

The different stages of social research

(i) Decide on a topic: The first stage of the research model involves determining what you want to Study by selecting a topic base of importance, personal interest or availability of research.

(ii) Review The Literature: After selection of a topic you will need to perform a literature review which is a study of related academic articles and information literature review let you know what others research have previously discovered on the topic.

(iii) Develop a hypothesis: After literature review one must develop a hypothesis which involves a suggestion about how variables relate.

(iv) Collect Data: Once you have a hypothesis you heed to test it. It is important to have a research design to collect your data. Your data needs to be reliable and have Validity.

(v) Analyze Results: Evaluate and interpret data are important part of research. Its important to make sense of data you collected so others an interpret your results.

(vi) Share and publish results: Sharing your results allows others to read and use your findings in their own research expand the base of knowledge.