After studying Chapter 2, students will be able to do the following:

1. Summarize various activities that must be conducted during each step of the educational research process
2. Evaluate why specification of a research problem is so critical
3. Describe the importance of carefully stating the research question
4. List various reasons for conducting a review of related research
5. Identify various issues that must be addressed when developing a research plan
6. List and describe examples of techniques for collecting qualitative and quantitative data
7. Describe how and when data analysis occurs in qualitative and quantitative research
8. Describe the importance of results, conclusions, and recommendations in a research study