It is of course very important to review the literature when planning a study. So, when designing the research, is it necessary to scan the literature first or should the Measurement Tool be decided?
Gökhan İrhan Gokhan, I don’t think it matters how you start. To me the important part when engaging in research is figuring out what the question is. You won’t know that until, with either approach, or one you make up, you start.
The 2nd important part is what you do after you realize you don’t know what to to next. And don’t know what the question is.
My advice, you need to (literally) show up each day and try something. The process of evaluating the results and deciding what to try next is part of leaning how to plan and think about research. The process of being stuck, not knowing what to do sets up the possibility to see unexpected results. These often are called mistakes. But its what researchers mean when they say, fail often.
Gökhan İrhan Gokhan, I received two messages that you added a response. But neither are showing up. ?????
Lee Clawson Thank you Lee. But the two most important things in planning a research are literature review and determining the measurement tool. For example; While initially scanning the literature, you wondered about a topic and when you wanted to research the variable you wanted to measure, you could not find a measurement tool to measure that topic, so the plan may remain incomplete. In this context, the researcher can develop a measurement tool himself and research the subject he wants to research. However, since this situation takes a very long time, such as 1 year, researchers stay away from this situation, and therefore studies that are not rational and far from reality may occur. In this case, I think it harms science the most.
Gökhan İrhan ------ Gökhan, I'm very confused. Its possible I don't understand what you want to know. Your original question seemed quite clear. As did your recent post about the effect of spending time on designing a measurement tool. Could you try and explain the difference between the original question and the the description you posted.??
I agree, in a study that requires the design and testing of a unique measuring tool, people will "stay away". Yet in my experience the choice staying away or spending time on the tool rarely matters. Often I find myself assured I need a new tool only later to find I didn't understand the problem or what the measurements gave me
Until I read more from you I'll stay with, "it doesn't matter". I'm sure that sounds foolish. A year is extremely valuable. More today. Very limited funding and an abundance to articles makes time more precious. But, what I learn in between a study, teaches me more. Many times I choose to make the tool and abandon it because of new insights into the study.
Hi, I suggest starting by reading other literature review papers and defining which methodology you want to follow in your literature review process.
Maybe this paper or its references can help you: Article Hybrid approaches to optimization and machine learning metho...
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