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Within the contexts of research studies, the connections between previous and current research are the linchpin of empirical investigations. The links between the constellation of empirical research studies that relate to current studies serves as the foundation of the research problem, which informs the development of research purpose—or what will be done and accomplished—and research questions—which will be answered in a study. The combined work of a research problem—which identifies gaps or shortcomings in the current empirical literature and justified the need for current studies—research purpose, and research questions underpins the research framework of studies—functioning to direct the way that information is gathered, analyzed, and interpreted. Indeed, the gaps or limitations in extant research studies that researchers identify circumscribe where to go, whom to talk with, how to meaningfully make sense of what they discover, and in which ways they can share what they learned.