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How to write a research question?

= Lame! This isn’t a book report !!! Need to be much more specific. How to write a research question?. I want to write about the Growth of Organized Crime. Al Capone. I want to write about Prohibition … . Capone’s corruption of politics.

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How to write a research question?

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  1. = Lame! This isn’t a book report!!! Need to be much more specific. How to write a research question? I want to write about the Growth of Organized Crime Al Capone I want to write about Prohibition… Capone’s corruption of politics Al Capone’s effect on the 1927 Chicago mayoral race

  2. Sample Question: Ok, now what? How are you going to answer that? What sub-topics will you analyze? To what extent did Al Capone’s reign of terror affect the 1927 Chicago mayoral race? Campaign contributions (legal/illegal) Statements of public outrage/support Voter turnout

  3. Now that you have your question and have identified your sub-topics: 1) what sources of evidence will you look for and 2) how will you use them to answer your question (method)? Records of campaign contributions (legal/illegal) will be analyzed to assess if Capone contributed to either candidate. Local newspaper editorials will be assessed to determine how much public outrage/support there was focused on organized crime. Records of voter turnout will be compared from before/after Capone’s reign of terror to determine if voter suppression occurred. To what extent did Al Capone’s reign of terror affect the 1927 Chicago mayoral race?

  4. Now that you have your question and have identified your sub-topics: 1) what sources of evidence will you look for and 2) how will you use them to answer your question (method)? Records of campaign contributions (legal/illegal) will be analyzed to assess if Capone contributed to either candidate. Local newspaper editorials will be assessed to determine how much public outrage/support there was focused on organized crime. Records of voter turnout will be compared from before/after Capone’s reign of terror to determine if voter suppression occurred. To what extent did Al Capone’s reign of terror affect the 1927 Chicago mayoral race?

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