Senin, 08 Maret 2010

Research questions

Next week you’re going to present your research questions so that you could get feedback from your friends.

Remember, you could find your research problems from these sources: your own experience, previous studies, and theories.

Your research problems should meet the following criteria (Jacobs, Ary, & Razavieh, 1985):
1. contributing to the body of knowledge
2. leading to further research
3. researchable
4. suitable: interesting, related to your own experience & knowledge, feasible and not time-consuming (or money-consuming, according to one of you, hee hee…)

After you find the research problems to investigate, write them into research questions. Take these two into account when writing the research questions:
1. clarity: state all concepts clearly
2. focus: limit the scope to specific questions

Good luck for this task. I look forward to seeing you presenting the research questions.