The overall research question from Data Security and Privacy

2. The constructs the proposed study will investigate and why they were selected (i.e., independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s))

3. The sub-variables that represent the sub-constructs being investigated (i.e., sub-independent variable(s) and sub-dependent variable(s))

4. The appropriate sub-research questions operationalizing all sub-independent variable(s) and sub-dependent variables(s))

5. The appropriate hypotheses sets (i.e., null and alternative) aligning with the sub-research questions.