I am doing research on Personalized care in nursing management. The concepts are already established. I want to develop a framework from this existing concepts.
The key steps for the development of the conceptual framework are:
Identify the key variables used in the subject area of the study.
Draw out key variables within something you have already written about the subject area i.e. literature review.
Perennial to the aim, segregate them as dependent and independent variables.
Take one key variable and then brainstorm all the possible things related to the key variable(Dependent variable).
After all the variables have been defined, focus on the number of relationships they can form with each other to determine the inter-relationships between all.
The arrows used to identify the relationship between variables must be applied in the direction as to what impacts the other.
Always keep in mind that the formation of conceptual framework directs the researcher to apply a suitable test for analysis.