Be careful about choosing, remember that it is difficult to justify a contribution to knowledge if the area has been researched to death before you arrived. Write a Research Proposal . This document briefly outlines what the purpose of the research will be, how you will do it and what has currently been written about the subject you have chosen. At the end of the document, it should state what the expected outcomes will be, and worked into that should be your original contribution to knowledge. The Literature Review.
Most people actually do some literature review before they start.
But, everybody has to do THE literature review after they have written a proposal and narrowed down what they want to study. The obvious aim here is to find out what has and is happening in your area, and see where you can slot your research into the current scheme of things. It's usually the case that literature reviews are a rolling job that never seem to end. Decide on a Research Method . In addition to your subject reading, the research methods texts and journals must be looked through to decide on an appropriate field work strategy.