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                  Activity                 FORMULATING A RESEARCH
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                                                         QUESTION



               Individual work. Formulate your own research question following these steps:



                                                                         3. List the factors
                      1. Write the general topic of your research.  related to your
                                                                         research topic.
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                     2. List any related studies and literature
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                                                                5. Choose a question that
                     _____________________________________               _________________
                             4. Narrow the topic by

                     ____________________________               interests you the most and
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                             making potential open-
                                                                explore it.
                             ended questions using                       _________________
                             “how” and “why” for the            ____________________________
                                                                         _
                             factors you have chosen.           ____________________________
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                              6. Evaluate the research question by answering the
                              following questions:
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                                 a. Is the
                             _________  research question one that is of interest to the

                                 researcher and potentially to others? Will it be different

                                 and “new” from the existing studies?
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                                 b.Is  the  research  question  researchable?   Is  the

                                 methodology to conduct the research feasible?

                                 _____________________________________
                                 c.Is  the  research  question  measureable  and  will  the
                                 process  produce  data  that  can  be  supported  or

                                 contradicted?

                                 _____________________________________
                                 d. Is the research question already focused and neither
                                          d.
                                 too broad or too narrow?
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