1) SELECT A TOPIC- what do you want to know more about? 2) DEFINE THE PROBLEM. 3) REVIEW THE LITERATURE- Reading what has been published about the top This helps narrow the problem. Reviewing the literature may help you focus on the questions you are asking. 4) FORMULATE AN HYPOTHESIS- A statement of what you expect to find according to a prediction by a theory. 5) CHOOSE A RESEARCH METHOD (survey, participant observation secondary analysis, analysis of documents, experiments, etc) 6) Collect the data Data must be reliable. 7) Analyze the results- testing your hypothesis against your data. 8) Reference Page