{"id":241,"date":"2022-07-09T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T16:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/?p=241"},"modified":"2022-07-09T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T16:54:04","slug":"what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a good research question?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-09-at-9.36.05-AM-928x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-09-at-9.36.05-AM-928x1024.png 928w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-09-at-9.36.05-AM-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-09-at-9.36.05-AM-768x847.png 768w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-09-at-9.36.05-AM.png 1278w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 928px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 928\/1024;\" \/><figcaption>From Scribber: https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/research-process\/research-questions\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I searched Google Scholar for the answer to this question, but I came up with clinical answers, so I turned to Google Search to look further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cA well-defined and specific research question guides the study design\u201d\u00a0(<em>Key Components of a Research Paper<\/em>, n.d.).\u00a0<\/li><li>\u201cA research question should require analysis to provide an answer\u201d\u00a0(<em>Key Components of a Research Paper<\/em>, n.d.).<ul><li>All research questions should be:<ul><li><strong>Focused<\/strong>\u00a0on a single problem or issue<\/li><li><strong>Researchable<\/strong>\u00a0using primary and\/or secondary sources<\/li><li><strong>Feasible<\/strong>\u00a0to answer within the timeframe and practical constraints<\/li><li><strong>Specific<\/strong>\u00a0enough to answer thoroughly<\/li><li><strong>Complex<\/strong>\u00a0enough to develop the answer over the space of a paper or thesis<\/li><li><strong>Relevant<\/strong>\u00a0to your field of study and\/or society more broadly\u00a0(<em>Developing Strong Research Questions<\/em>, 2019)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>A research question should be in response to a research problem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Developing strong research questions<\/em>. (2019, April 16). Scribbr. https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/research-process\/research-questions\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Key components of a research paper<\/em>. (n.d.). Key Components of a Research Paper. https:\/\/ies.ed.gov\/ncee\/edlabs\/infographics\/pdf\/REL_SE_Key_Components_of_a_Research_Paper.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I searched Google Scholar for the answer to this question, but I came up with clinical answers, so I turned to Google Search to look further. \u201cA well-defined and specific research question guides the study design\u201d\u00a0(Key Components of a Research Paper, n.d.).\u00a0 \u201cA research question should require analysis to provide an answer\u201d\u00a0(Key Components of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What makes a good research question?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30,29],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt522","tag-lnrt-522","tag-research-question"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0254\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}