Sara conducted a study on religion. She developed a questionnaire and planned an accurate sample of 500 people. She ran off copies of her questionnaire. She contacted people in her sample. Sara next interviewed the sample and carefully recorded all the information. She used various statistics to analyze the data and interpreted her statistics to bring out their meaning. Lastly, she wrote about her findings and method for a paper that she presented at professional meetings and sent to a scholarly journal for possible publication. Which step in the process of research did Sara skip?
A) inform others
B) focus research question
C) design study
D) collect data

Question

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Sara conducted all other steps mentioned except for focusing her research question, which is a crucial initial step in the research process to guide the study.

Sara Conducted a Study on Religion