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Figure 1 is a diagram that shows the research process divided into three stages. Each stage is represented by a linear series of boxes, each containing text, that are joined by one-way arrows. Some of the boxes are grouped together via a shaded background and given a title. The three stages are placed one above the other, with upward pointing, one-way arrows pointing from the bottom stage to the middle stage and from the middle stage to the top stage. The first stage, at the bottom of the diagram, is titled ‘Enabling processes’. It consists of three boxes in a row. From the left, the first box contains the text ‘Secondary research’ and a one-way arrow points to the second box; the second box contains the text ‘Primary research’ and a one-way arrow points to the third box; the third box contains the text ‘Writing’. The second stage, consists of seven boxes in a row. The middle five boxes are grouped under the title 'Research activities’. From the left, the first box contains the text ‘Research Proposal’ and a one-way arrow points to the second box, which is the start of the research activities group; the second box contains the text ‘Define research problem’ and a one-way arrow points to the third box; the third box contains the text ‘Define research method’ and a one-way arrow points to the fourth box; the fourth box contains the text ‘Undertake investigation’ and a one-way arrow points to the fifth box; the fifth box contains the text ‘Analyse data to produce results’ and a one-way arrow points to the sixth box; the sixth box contains the text ‘Draw conclusions’ and a one-way arrow points out of the research activities group to the seventh box; the seventh box contains the text ‘Dissertation’. The third stage, at the top of the diagram, is titled ‘Outcomes’. It consists of three boxes in a row. From the left, the first box contains the text ‘Addition to public knowledge’ and a one-way arrow points to the second box; the second box contains the text ‘Addition to private knowledge’ and a one-way arrow points to the third box; the third box contains the text ‘Addition to personal knowledge’.