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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
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4. Narrow the topic by
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making potential open-
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ended questions using explore it.
“how” and “why” for the ____________________________
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factors you have chosen. ____________________________
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6. Evaluate the research question by answering the
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following questions:
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?
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c.Is the research question measureable and will the
process produce data that can be supported or
contradicted?
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d. Is the research question already focused and neither
too broad or too narrow?
d.
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