Methods of Scientific Research and Development - Research Questions

*When choosing a general topic, you must do a detail research in current periodicals and journals on your topic to see what's already been done and to help you narrow your focus. What questions does this early research raise?* A. True B. False

*False* During a preliminary research, you must do a few quick searches in current periodicals and journals on your topic to see what's already been done and to help you narrow your focus. What questions does this early research raise?

*The generality of a well-developed research question helps writers avoid the "all-about" paper and work toward supporting a general, arguable thesis.* A. True B. False

*False* The specificity of a well-developed research question helps writers avoid the "all-about" paper and work toward supporting a specific, arguable thesis.

What are the research questions writing steps?

1- Choose an interesting general topic. 2- Do some preliminary research on your general topic.

Give me 3 examples of quantitative data collection methods.

1- Field experiments 2- Surveys 3- Questionnaires

Give me 2 examples of qualitative data collection methods.

1- Personal interviews 2- Personal observations

What are the 5 types of data collection methods for primary research?

1- Personal observation 2- Interviews 3- Questionnaires 4- Focus groups 5- Mystery shopping

What are the 2 different types of research questions?

1- Primary research questions. 2- Secondary research questions.

Give me 2 examples of a general topic.

1- Slavery in the American South 2- Films of the 1930s

When researcher carries out an investigation to collect original and first hand data, it is called ______

Primary research

The question that describes the main specific objective of primary research is known as ______

Primary study question

______ are research questions formed to gather personal opinions and subjective views instead of statistics and mathematics.

Qualitative

______ are research questions formed to gather statistical data instead of subjective opinions.

Quantitative

______ is a clear, focused, concise, complex and arguable question around which you center your research.

Research question

Why is a research question essential to the research process?

Research questions help writers focus their research by providing a path through the research and writing process.

*Even directed academic research should focus on a topic in which the writer is at least somewhat personally invested. Writers should choose a broad topic about which they genuinely would like to know more. * A. True B. False

True

*For primary research it is extremely important to formulate a good research question as the more effectively the question describes the objectives of the research, the better direction it will give the study.* A. True B. False

True

*You should ask a research question about an issue that you are genuinely curious about. * A. True B. False

True