{"id":211,"date":"2020-07-06T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/?p=211"},"modified":"2020-07-06T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:03:26","slug":"what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a good research question ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I suspect the answer to this question will vary depending on the researcher. For me it has to have several components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It must stimulate my curiosity. I need to be passionate about the subject otherwise, I won&#8217;t be motivated to dig deep enough.<\/li>\n<li>It must have practical implications. If the question is too abstract or too general to have a low potential of making a positive impact on daily life, I won&#8217;t be motivated to look for answers.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It must be realistic. If there is a very low probability of finding answers, I won&#8217;t even start looking into it.<\/li>\n<li>It must lead to new knowledge. If the question has been properly answered before, why put any effort into it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Ideally, these aspects must all be present at the same time. &#8220;It is imperative that all four constructs\u2014the problem, purpose, significance, and research questions\u2014are tightly aligned and intricately interwoven&#8221; (Grant &amp; Osanloo, 2014)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grant, C., and Osanloo, A. (2014).\u00a0<a class=\"external\" title=\"Understanding, selecting, and integrating a theoretical framework in dissertation research: Creating the blueprint for you 'house'\" href=\"https:\/\/aij.scholasticahq.com\/article\/7-understanding-selecting-and-integrating-a-theoretical-framework-in-dissertation-research-creating-the-blueprint-for-your-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Understanding, selecting, and integrating a theoretical framework in dissertation research: Creating the blueprint for your &#8216;house&#8217;<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research.<\/em>\u00a0DOI: 10.5929\/2014.4.2.9<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suspect the answer to this question will vary depending on the researcher. For me it has to have several components: It must stimulate my curiosity. I need to be passionate about the subject otherwise, I won&#8217;t be motivated to dig deep enough. It must have practical implications. If the question is too abstract or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What makes a good research question ?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lrnt522"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}