Research ideas can come from:
 

• Work that you do every day

• Colleagues

• Conference poster sessions are great for gleaning ideas

• Looking at the professional literature.  What are other people writing about? Check the ends of the articles for areas that have been identified for further research

• Keeping an open mind and being curious

• Cutting-edge things that are happening in your department or discipline

• Getting on professional committees with "research" or "statistics" in their names

• Checking annual reviews of professional materials

• Listserv threads

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Research Agendas
 

Professional societies often publish research agendas. You can do a Google search on    
"(insert your discipline here) research agenda" or similar terms to find other such resources.

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Resources
 

Check databases using the term "research agenda" combined with your discipline for additional resources published in the professional literature.