Hi there,
I'm approaching the end of my first year and have not even started working on what i am going to ask respondents. In fact I have only just pinned down what my broad research topic is. This has come about after months of reading aorund the subject, seeing what others are asking, whats already been done. Unless you have done significant connected work at MA it may well be worth putting the practical on one side and going back to the books to isolate the crux of your research, otherwise you may find yourself wasteing valuable time and resources. hth x