Now that we’ve studied culture via content analysis and consulted secondary sources about policy and economic issues, it’s time to go right to the source:  What, exactly, is unanswered?  Are these questions necessary for our research?  Finally, is this information you can’t find anywhere else?

It’s time to figure out what you still need to know and ask the tribal/casino spokespeople.  Before you conduct an interview or survey with primary sources, you need to polish the questions and also write an email that gets a response.