Introduction
This week we studied about the research objectives, aims and golden thread in research and how all these elements help us to structure our thesis.
Research Objectives
The research objectives take the research aims and make them more practical and actionable. In other words, the research objectives showcase the steps that the researcher will take to achieve the research aims.
Golden Thread
The golden thread simply refers to the collective research aims, research objectives, and research questions for any project . These three elements are bundled together because it’s extremely important that they align with each other, and that the entire research project aligns with them.
Importantly, the golden thread needs to weave its way through the entirety of any research project, from start to end. In other words, it needs to be very clearly defined right at the beginning of the project (the topic ideation and proposal stage) and it needs to inform almost every decision throughout the rest of the project.