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Conducting Research

Conducting Research. Pose possible questions worth exploring. Narrow the question: restrict your focus to length requirements. Broad What are the hazards of fad diets? What causes homelessness? What influences an author to produce a literary work? Narrower

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Conducting Research

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  1. Conducting Research Pose possible questions worth exploring

  2. Narrow the question:restrict your focus to length requirements • Broad • What are the hazards of fad diets? • What causes homelessness? • What influences an author to produce a literary work? • Narrower • What are the hazards of liquid diets? • How has the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill contributed to the problem of homelessness? • How did Hemmingway’s relationship with his father influence his writings?

  3. Intellectually Challenging Questions: seek to provoke thought or engage readers in debate • Too bland • What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? • How do lie detectors work? • When did Steinbeck decide to become a writer? • Challenging • What treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder show the most promise? • How reliable are lie detectors? • What obstacles nearly prevented Steinbeck from becoming an author?

  4. Ground Questions in Facts:Do not focus on speculation or philosophical, ethical or religious issues • Too Speculative • Is capital punishment moral? • What is the difference between a just and an unjust law? • Are drugs and alcohol needed to write? • Grounded • Does capital punishment deter crime? • Should we adjust our laws so that penalties for possession of powdered cocaine and crack cocaine are comparable? • How does Hemmingway justify his use of alcohol in comparison to Fitzgerald’s abusive habits?

  5. Homework Assignment • Access: http://www.dianahacker.com/ bedhandbook • Select: Research Exercises • Do Exercise 49-1 Research questions • E-mail results to: mvargas@trschools.com

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