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Self-reflection is an important part of the research process. This is where the researcher looks back over their research and thinks about what went well and what could be improved.

Researchers can also think about whether they had any influence over the research findings through interview bias, for example, and to think about how to prevent that from occurring again.

When reflecting on what went well (strengths) and what can be improved (weaknesses), there are three main areas to reflect on:

• planning
• problem solving
• completing processes

Planning

Reflect on your performance in relation to planning by thinking about how effective you were in:

• setting aims and objectives
• setting timescales, milestones, deadlines and targets
• identifying risks
• using planning tools
• identifying, selecting and collecting information and numerical data from a variety of sources

Problem solving

Reflect on your performance in relation to problem solving by thinking about how effective you were in:

• identifying information, resources and materials to help you with the project
• identifying information, factors, similarities and differences
• making judgements, summarising and presenting findings

Completing processes

Reflect on your performance in relation to completing processes by thinking about:

• how effective you were in developing the skills and techniques to complete the project
• how effective your time management was, ie did you meet your deadlines?
• how happy you are with the overall quality of the project