{"id":299,"date":"2022-06-30T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/?p=299"},"modified":"2022-06-30T06:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:10:57","slug":"what-makes-a-good-research-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/what-makes-a-good-research-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Good Research Question?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018What makes a good research question?\u2019 is a question posed to us in LRNT 522. After researching the topic, I have chosen to highlight a couple of important considerations below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good research question should be:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Ethical<\/em>. It is essential to minimize harm to the participants while upholding confidentiality and providing the right to withdraw.&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>Relevant<\/em>. The question should have a clear purpose within the field of study, be of intellectual or academic interest to others, and address a current issue(s) (Ratan et al., 2019).&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mattick et al. (2018), \u201ca good research question will send the researcher on a quest to identify or collect data that can be analyzed and interpreted, such that it provides new insights\u201d (para. 3).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>References<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mattick, K., Johnston, J., &amp; de la Croix, A. (2018). How to\u2026write a good research question. <em>The Clinical Teacher, 15<\/em>(2), 104\u2013108. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/tct.12776\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/tct.12776<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ratan, S. K., Anand, T., &amp; Ratan, J. (2019). Formulation of research question &#8211; Stepwise approach. <em>Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 24<\/em>(1), 15\u201320. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/jiaps.JIAPS_76_18\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/jiaps.JIAPS_76_18<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018What makes a good research question?\u2019 is a question posed to us in LRNT 522. After researching the topic, I have chosen to highlight a couple of important considerations below. A good research question should be:&nbsp; Ethical. It is essential to minimize harm to the participants while upholding confidentiality and providing the right to withdraw.&nbsp;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/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":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt522"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0256\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}