Step VI Having pretested and, if necessary, amended the instrument, take a piece of paper and draw a table with two columns. In the first column write each sub objective, research question and hypothesis separately, and in the other, write the question number(s) that provide information for these objectives, research questions or hypotheses. In other words, make each question match the objective for which it provides information. If a question cannot be linked to a specific objective, research question or hypothesis, examine why it was included.