Chapter 2

Selecting a Research Topic

What is a Topic?

Getting Started with a Research Topic

    Picking a Topic of Interest to You

Combining Interest with Feasibility

    Focusing on Potential Participants

    Education and Schooling

Sources of Research Ideas

    Library Books and Textbooks

    Useful Reference Books

    Journal articles

Gradually Narrowing a Topic

Generating a Researchable Topic from a Published Study

    Changing the Population To Be Studied

    Changing the Variables to Be Studied