College Composition / Unit 21 CMP 0502 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Research Questions
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The idea
Research begins with questions, which start general and grow more sharply focused as the researcher learns more.
In practice
Good research questions often ask how, why or what: how a technology was used, why it failed at first, what strategies changed it.
Where people slip
A question with a simple yes or no answer gives research nowhere to go.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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