Scoping a research question

Steps in formulating a research problem (after Kumar, 2019, p. 87) While I have written about scoping research questions many times befo...

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From topic to problem to question

Helping a supervisee get from topic through the research problem and to a research question is one of the most important and difficult st...

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How to choose a research topic

Some students start their a capstone research paper with a clear idea of a research problem or have an embryonic research question. These ...

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What is a problem statement?

In research, a 'problem statement' is a brief outline of what our research is setting out to solve, or to provide direction on. It...

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Research topic versus research question

Students sometimes get confused between the research topic and the research question. I like to think of the research topic being at on...

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Getting from a topic to a research question

One of the hardest things to get sorted is honing in from a topic to a research question. However, there are is a set of questions that...

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