Answer: setting research goals.
Explanation:
Much like every endeavor in life, one cannot do much unless they set tangible goals. This is true in research as well. Once a topic is known, one then has to formulate research goals so that they can be able to research the topic by achieving the goals that they set.
These goals will include a range of factors such as how Mia is to go about the research as well as what she hopes to prove by doing the research.
