Para começar um projeto de pesquisa

Abstract

This article, addressed to beginners in research, comments on the constructive initial movements to develop a project. After proposing that the usual claim for research hypothesis may lead to flaws in qualitative research, it emphasizes the preliminary work of constructing the research problem. It lists basic characteristics of an adequate problem, discarding nonpromising types. Upon that basis, it proposes some topics on problem construction, by means of a five steps exercise. Finally, it suggests a relationship between the plan of observation (the investigation itself) and the construction of the problem.