The diagram illustrates the different steps in the process of doing an academic investigation. Overall, there are eight stages that begin with having a concept to be developed and terminate with the outputs of the paperwork.
First, the topic of research can arise from different situations, such as investigations made in the past by the researcher, his firsthand observations or just a mere interest on the subject. All of this will result in setting up a question to be assessed. After that, a methodological approach is outlined and written down.
In the next stage, a target audience is defined, i.e., the ones the researcher wants to communicate with, and then it is specified the location where the input can be collected, what kind of evidence must be gathered and what are the ways the data can be acquired. Afterwards, the information is assembled and critically interpreted. At last, the investigation method ends with the researcher drawing out from the analysis the main features, namely the identified results, suggestions and possible outcomes.