My research question has mostly stayed the same from when I did the outline. It's only been modified to include a focus on the kinds of information sources that my research will be studying. I feel like the idea of narrowing and focusing my scope but also bringing in more details was what I found most difficult during the process. I realized that more research directions/questions sprung up as I dug deeper and I had to keep telling myself to keep to the research topic and not deviate from the original.
I also realized writing out my research methodology really helped me think through my research methodology and identify little details that I would not have otherwise. For example, it would be quite difficult to narrow my scope to focus only on individual travelers because they would not be alone if I were around to participate.
Althea, I found the same type of struggle with mine! The more I thought about my question, the more questions came up, the harder it was to narrow my focus. I think in the end I had to reconcile the struggle by admitting that there was a bigger question at hand that I just couldn't answer with one study. So, framing my study as an exploratory/pilot study, helped a little bit with keeping the focus narrowed.
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