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Describe the critical elements of the research process, addressing the importance of carrying out the following research steps. Limit your response to 100 words. Make sure to base the responses on at least one current scholarly sources or an article from peer-reviewed journals.
(Element: Collecting data)

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What is data collection in research? This concise discussion explains it in 178 words.

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Dear Student,
Hello. For the information below, I have decided to base it on one of the more important research process books we use in Grad Studies. For teaching and learning the research process, while Peer review material is informative, published books and scholarly work used concurrently in research studies is much more established. The information for this book is listed below as well. Now, if you have any questions, feel free to let me know via the ...

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