{"id":231,"date":"2019-07-04T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/?p=231"},"modified":"2019-07-04T08:18:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:18:18","slug":"question-what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/question-what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: what makes a good research question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-234 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2019\/07\/msdbatm_fe002_h-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2019\/07\/msdbatm_fe002_h-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2019\/07\/msdbatm_fe002_h-121x96.jpg 121w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2019\/07\/msdbatm_fe002_h.jpg 712w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/238;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A good research question:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is nonbinary,\u00a0 more than a simple yes or no, it is a question which offers the opportunity to explore deeper issues and a deeper academic landscape,<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">often builds upon research made by others,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">can be supported by data,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">is not too complex or ambiguous<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">is neutral. It doesn&#8217;t drive toward a\u00a0 preconceived outcome,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230;.and very importantly, a good research question should hold great interest for the researcher, because it takes a lot of effort and motivation to make it to the finish line!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good research question: is nonbinary,\u00a0 more than a simple yes or no, it is a question which offers the opportunity to explore deeper issues and a deeper academic landscape, often builds upon research made by others, can be supported by data, is not too complex or ambiguous is neutral. It doesn&#8217;t drive toward a\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt522","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0107\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}