{"id":184,"date":"2019-07-11T07:49:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/?p=184"},"modified":"2021-03-07T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T04:23:03","slug":"what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a good research question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2019\/07\/question.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"348\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2019\/07\/question.png 458w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2019\/07\/question-300x228.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 458px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 458\/348;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">A good research question:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">initiates an investigation and guides the researcher in developing a thesis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">is engaging to both the researcher and audience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">differs depending on whether the research is quantitative or qualitative<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">most importantly, follows the criteria for writing the question: is clear, focused, concise, complex and arguable (George Mason University, n.d., para. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Reference<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Gearge Mason University. (n.d.). How to write a research question. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcenter.gmu.edu\/guides\/how-to-write-a-research-question\">https:\/\/writingcenter.gmu.edu\/guides\/how-to-write-a-research-question<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Links to useful resources<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/urgws\/files\/2014\/02\/Research-Questions_WS-handout.pdf\">https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/urgws\/files\/2014\/02\/Research-Questions_WS-handout.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.indiana.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Develop_a_Research_Question.pdf\">https:\/\/libraries.indiana.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Develop_a_Research_Question.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cirt.gcu.edu\/research\/developmentresources\/tutorials\/question\">https:\/\/cirt.gcu.edu\/research\/developmentresources\/tutorials\/question<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagepub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/upm-binaries\/22782_Chapter_7.pdf\">https:\/\/www.sagepub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/upm-binaries\/22782_Chapter_7.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good research question: initiates an investigation and guides the researcher in developing a thesis is engaging to both the researcher and audience differs depending on whether the research is quantitative or qualitative most importantly, follows the criteria for writing the question: is clear, focused, concise, complex and arguable (George Mason University, n.d., para. 1) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt522","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0132\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}