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Research Fundamentals: II. Choosing and Defining a Research Question
Author(s) -
Kwiatkowski Thomas,
Silverman Robert
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02673.x
Subject(s) - medicine , process (computing) , multitude , engineering ethics , management science , medical education , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , engineering , economics , operating system
. This is the second in a series of articles developed by members of the SAEM Research Committee to describe a stepwise approach to the research process. This series is aimed at junior academic emergency physicians (EPs), as well as nonacademic EPs with an interest in the research process. This article describes the development of a testable research hypothesis. While a multitude of sources provide interesting questions for consideration, choosing and refining the research question, so that it can be tested adequately and answered completely, are difficult tasks.