What is a research question? 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.
- concise: it is expressed in the fewest possible words.
- complex: it is not answerable with a simple “yes” or “no,” but rather requires synthesis and analysis of ideas and sources prior to composition of an answer.
- arguable: its potential answers are open to debate rather than accepted facts.
You should ask a question about an issue that you are genuinely curious and/or passionate about.
The question you ask should be developed for the discipline you are studying.
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A research question is the fundamental core of a research project, study, or review of literature. It focuses the study, determines the methodology, and guides all stages of inquiry, analysis, and reporting.
The research question begins with a research problem, an issue someone would like to know more about or a situation that needs to be changed or addressed, such as:
1-Areas of concern
2- Conditions that could be improved
3- Difficulties that need to be eliminated
4- Questions seeking answers
A research problem leads to a hypothesis) and/or research question (Questions should in some way. ..)
1-.Be worth investigating
2-Contribute knowledge & value to the field
3- Improve educational practice
4- Improve the human condition
Characteristics of a good research question:
1-The question is feasible.
2- The question is clear.
3-The question is significant.
4- The question is ethical.
Develop your PICO question, a key to decision making.
P: Population of interest
I: Intervention
C: Comparison with other interventions
O: Outcome(s)
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