Research in Health Care and Medicine

A 14-step Process*

1. Choose a problem
2. Review the literature
3. Evaluate the literature
4. Be aware of all ethical issues
5. Be aware of all cultural issues
6. State the research question or hypothesis
7. Select the research approach
8. Determine how the variables are going to be measured
9. Select a sample
10. Select a data collection method
11. Collect and code the data
12. Analyze and interpret the data
13. Write the report
14. Disseminate the report

* Fang, L., Manuel, J. Bledsoe, S.E. & Bellamy, J. (2008). Finding existing knowledge. In Grinnell, R.M. & Unrau, Y.A. (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Foundations of evidence-based practice (p. 466). Oxford: Oxford University Press.