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Practical Research 1 - Formulating Research Questions

The document outlines the importance of formulating research questions, which are essential for guiding the research process and ensuring clarity in the study. It emphasizes that a well-crafted research question serves as the foundation for a research project, influencing data collection and hypothesis development. Additionally, it discusses the characteristics of a strong thesis statement, which should be clear, focused, concise, complex, and arguable, helping to guide the overall argument of the paper.

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Practical Research 1 - Formulating Research Questions

The document outlines the importance of formulating research questions, which are essential for guiding the research process and ensuring clarity in the study. It emphasizes that a well-crafted research question serves as the foundation for a research project, influencing data collection and hypothesis development. Additionally, it discusses the characteristics of a strong thesis statement, which should be clear, focused, concise, complex, and arguable, helping to guide the overall argument of the paper.

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FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS,

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY,


SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY, STATING THE
PROBLEM
Important concepts that you need to remember from the
previous lesson:
⮚ Qualitative research is an inquiry process of understanding
a social or human problem based on building a complex
holistic picture formed with words, reporting detailed views of
informants and conducted in a natural setting (Creswell,
1994).
⮚ Participant Observation, Observation, In-depth interviewing
, Focus Group Interviewing , Content Analysis , Narratology
and Films are the kinds of data utilized for Qualitative
Research
⮚ A research title capsulizes the main thought or idea of the
whole research paper. It also reflects the variables under
study
Consider yourself as the speaker No.1. Answers are already provided but
you need to think of the question to complete the conversation.
Note: The question succeeding the given answer is connected to each
other.
You try
Formulating Research Questions
The questions that you ask in your research will
determine the data that you want to have, answer, and
specify. Hence, it is a crucial stage to attain your research
objective.
Research questions help writers focus their research by
providing a path through the research and writing process.
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.

A question directed towards Literature, for instance, is


different from an appropriate one in Mathematics to Biology.
A research question is an answerable inquiry into a
specific concern or issue.
It is the initial step in a research project. The research
question is the first active step in the research project.

Let us use this metaphor--the research project is a house.

Your data collection forms the walls, and


your hypothesis that guides your data collection is
the foundation. So, what is the research question? It
is the ground beneath the foundation. It is what
everything in a research project is built on. Without
a question, you can't have a hypothesis. Without the
hypothesis, you won't know how to study what you're
interested in.
A research question forms the base of where you are
going, so we have to write a good research question.

If your foundation is built on something shifty, like a house built on


sand, then everything following that will be about correcting that initial issue
instead of on making an awesome home/research project.
Writing a Research Question
Specify your specific concern or issue.
Decide what you want to know about
the specific concern or issue.
Turn what you want to know and the
specific concern into a question.
Ensure that the question is answerable.
Check to make sure the question is not
too broad or too narrow.
This is the basic process in writing a
research question. Writing a good
question will result in a better research
project.
A research question should be
(from the Writing Center of George Mason University):

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.
Writing the Thesis Statement
Every paper you write should have a main point, a main idea,
or central message. The argument(s) you make in your paper
should reflect this main idea. The sentence that captures
your position on this main idea is what we call a thesis
statement.
Writing the Thesis Statement
A thesis statement focuses your ideas into one or two
sentences. It should present the topic of your paper and also
make a comment about your position in relation to the topic.

Your thesis statement should tell your reader what the


paper is about and also help guide your writing and keep
your argument focused.

You should provide a thesis early in your essay -- in the


introduction, or in longer essays in the second paragraph --
in order to establish your position and give your reader a
sense of direction.
Tip: In order to write a successful thesis statement:
Tips in Writing Clear Thesis:

Your thesis statement is no exception to your writing:


It needs to be as clear as possible. By being as
clear as possible in your thesis statement, you will
make sure that your reader understands exactly what
you mean.

Tip: In order to be as clear as possible in your writing:

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