Research Concept Writer: Flow Diagram

Name of Project PI 

Project PI Organization/Institute

Name of Project Co-PI(s)

Write project Co-PI names. each name separated by, (comma)

Project Title 

Key Words

Minimum 5 key words required. Use, (comma) after each keyword

Problem Definition

Describe your research issue

Write your research question here

Dependent variable in above research question

Independent variable in above research question

Universe in above research question

Unit of analysis in above research question

Category of research question:

• Explanatory

• Exploratory

• Descriptive

Research Hypothesis

Write your research hypothesis here

Is this tentative answer to research question

• YES

• NO

Whether it has become more specific than research question 

• YES

• NO

Whether it has independent variable? 

• YES

• NO

Whether it has dependent variable ?

• YES

• NO

Whether it has universe? 

• YES

• NO

Literature search in journals 

• YES

• NO

Literature search in open source databases

• YES

• NO

Literature search in paid databases

• YES

• NO

Literature search paid databases(Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, CMIE, SciFinder, etc.)

Patent search in open source databases

• YES

• NO

Patent search in open source databases(Esp@cenet, USPTO,WIPO, etc.)

Patent search in paid databases 

• YES

• NO

Patent Search in paid databases (LexisNexis, Delphion, Derwent, PAJ, SIPO,etc.)