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Find your Research Question

Find your Research Question. What is the Research Question?. Research requires a question for which no ready answer is available. It is answered in your thesis & throughout your paper

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Find your Research Question

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  1. Find your Research Question

  2. What is the Research Question? • Research requires a question for which no ready answer is available. • It is answered in your thesis & throughout your paper • Whenever a yes / no question lies behind a research question, an assumption has been made; therefore, you should: • Identify the assumption • Support it in your paper (introduction)

  3. RQ: Why is it important? • Asking a topic as a question (or series of related questions) has several advantages: 1- Questions require answers They are not like general topics or statements that are too broad to be answered and sometimes they are confusing

  4. 2-A clear open-ended question calls for real research and thinking. Assuming that your research may solve significant problems or expand the knowledge base of a discipline involves you in more meaningful activity of community and scholarship

  5. Examples of RQs.

  6. Now…What Are The Topics of these Questions?

  7. Example I:

  8. Possible Questions Templates • What are the reasons behind… • Who is responsible for … • What are the advantages and disadvantages of…

  9. Exercise I : Look at question markers for clues, and Consider how you would form the question

  10. Possible Questions Templates • What are the reasons behind… • Who is responsible for … • What are the advantages and disadvantages of…

  11. Cont. RQ’s Templates • Is the use of…effective/ legal / useful • What is the truth behind the events of … • What are the differences… • Which is better…

  12. Exercise II: Put two Research Questions for each of the following topics: • Laws regarding divorce in Egypt • AIDS awareness campaign held in Egypt • Political Participation in Egypt

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