The conceptual literature provides a theoretical and conceptual base that helps delimit the problem, provide a historical overview of the field, and indicates the variables and areas in which research is to be pursued

Books, monographs, and references books may also provide overviews of research, although these are likely to be several years older than comparable reviews from similarly dated journal articles.

The most immediate external factors that affect the research process are opportunity, peers and mentors, institutional requirements, experience of the researcher, literature and emerging research questions.

Agencies that fund research have certain rules and regulations to be followed and the prudent individual should seek out, in advance, the institutional guidelines that could impact his or her research efforts. – True.

All research involves certain common elements such as defining the questions, reviewing the literature, planning the methodology, collecting, and analyzing data, and disseminating findings.

The research process cannot be affected by your institutional context. Not all institutions have formal requirements that you must respect as a researcher.

Every student requires a thorough search of previous theory and research related to the problem. In the early phases of the research process, searching the literature helps you refine your topic, develop research questions and ground your study in one or more academic fields.

Creating a personal workplan is quite simple task and not necessarily required.

Mentors are indispensable resource to both the novice and experienced researcher. The role of a mentor is to provide challenge, vision, leadership, and support.

The environment represents the social, economic, political, and technical forces which impact on the research process. Depending on the nature of your study, these forces may have a varying degree of influence on your inquiry and like values, environmental forces both shape and define the research context.