title: [How are the hypothesis and the objectives established in a Radiology research project?].
abstract: Research is a systematic process designed to answer a question. This is the starting point of the whole project and specifically formulates a problem observed in the analysis of the reality. The answer to this attempts to clarify an uncertainty in our knowledge. The conceptual hypothesis is the theoretical answer to the question set out. The operational hypothesis is the particular form that which sets out to demonstrate the conceptual hypothesis. The objectives are the justification for conducting the research. They help to define what it attempts to obtain, and what answers it will give to the formulated questions. It must show a clear and consistent relationship with the description of the problem and, specifically, with the questions and/or hypothesis that are to be resolved.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Osatek San Sebastián, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España. jmalustiza@osatek.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alústiza Echeverría
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salvador Pardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castiella Eguzkiza
mesh_terms: D011871:Radiology; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*