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Principles and Practice of Research pp 88–90Cite as

Formulating an Initial Research Plan

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Much thought occurs before you are ready to formulate an initial research proposal. At the broadest level, a fertile mind must be receptive to fresh ideas, ready to nurture and support a nascent plan and, after a period of intellectual germination, able to formulate the idea into a written research proposal. The process, and this chapter, operates on two levels, one, broad, conceptual, and philosophical; the other, focused, structural, and expository.

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  1. R. E. Pollock
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  2. C. M. Balch
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  3. J. Roth
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Surgical Clinic Merheim, D-5000, Cologne 91, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans Troidl

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, H3A 1A2, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Walter O. Spitzer

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114-2696, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Bucknam McPeek

  4. Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, H3G 1A4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    David S. Mulder

  5. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Eaton North 10-226, M5G2C4, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Martin F. McKneally

  6. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 23298-0645, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Andrew S. Wechsler

  7. Department of General Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    Charles M. Balch

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Pollock, R.E., Balch, C.M., Roth, J., McPeek, B., Mosteller, F. (1991). Formulating an Initial Research Plan. In: Troidl, H., et al. Principles and Practice of Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0371-8_11

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