IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
CHOOSING A TOPIC DEFINING A RESEARCH QUESTION
Question
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Specific and Relevant
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Focused and Researchable
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Arguable and Simple
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your question must be answerable using quantitative and/or qualitative data, or by reading scholarly sources on the topic to develop your argument. If such data is impossible to access, you likely need to rethink your question. Avoid subjective words like good, bad, better and worse.
Detailed explanation-2: -Good research is replicable, reproducible, and transparent. Replicability, reproducibility, and transparency are some of the most important characteristics of research. The replicability of a research study is important because this allows other researchers to test the study’s findings.
Detailed explanation-3: -The question should of academic and intellectual interest to people in the field you have chosen to study. The question preferably should arise from issues raised in the current situation, literature, or in practice. It should establish a clear purpose for the research in relation to the chosen field.
Detailed explanation-4: -A research question is the question around which you center your research. It should be: clear: it provides enough specifics that one’s audience can easily understand its purpose without needing additional explanation. focused: it is narrow enough that it can be answered thoroughly in the space the writing task allows.