What is a research question?
A research question is intended to accomplish one of the following purposes:
- Answer a question that has not yet been answered, has had contradictory answers in the past, or has been answered in a way you want to challenge.
- Deal with a problem that needs a solution.
- If you, or other students/scholars, already know the answer, it isn’t a research question.
Research Question Mad-Libs
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To what extent did ______________ have an impact/effect on _____________ in __________?
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What role did ____________ play in the development/creation/destruction/etc. Of _______________?
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How valid/reliable/competent/or___________________ is the argument/idea/concept/or _________that ______________________ would impact/adjust/effect/lower/increase/___________________?
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Was _________________ really as significant a cause of ___________________ as many scholars/researchers assume?
