What have you learned about the processes of designing a sound research study in class? I've learned that designing a sound research study is a very iterative process. It involves continually challenging the starting point of a proposed study and then refining it as more information is discovered or complications arise. What was right yesterday often needs improvement today. My original blog post ideas underwent multiple transformations before I arrived at my current proposal's research questions. I had to pare down from three questions to two. This made sense because of the brevity of the survey. It also demanded a decision to be made for what was "most important" for me to research. There was a lot of reflection involved as I went through the piece repeatedly to see what "made sense" or needed to be addressed. For example, some portions needed to be combined or moved to better suit the needs of the study and/or paper. Other times, different words could b...