{"id":214,"date":"2019-07-09T14:11:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/?p=214"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:11:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:11:29","slug":"what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Good Research Question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">When developing a good research question, it is important that it is focused, clear, and summarizes the issue that the researcher is planning to investigate. The purpose of a good research question\u00a0will help &#8220;guide the research project and assist in the construction of a logical argument&#8221; (Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching, n.d., para.2). Here are some key characteristics that can help determine if you&#8217;re developing a good research question. A good research question:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Focus on only one issues and does not try to fit in too much <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Requires analysis and thinking\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Does not have an obvious yes or no answer\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Is specific, focused and clear\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><strong>Reference\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Writing a Good Research Question &#8211; Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2019, from Grand Canyon University, Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching website: https:\/\/cirt.gcu.edu\/research\/developmentresources\/tutorials\/question<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When developing a good research question, it is important that it is focused, clear, and summarizes the issue that the researcher is planning to investigate. The purpose of a good research question\u00a0will help &#8220;guide the research project and assist in&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lrnt522"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}