April 2023
Beginner
608 pages
21h 24m
English
DOI: 10.4324/9781003377986-10
Social science researchers come from a variety of subject areas to investigate an array of research topics and do so for differing reasons, which range from describing the human experiences of a phenomenon to generating theory. Being able to articulate an investigable question that captures the topic and the purpose of the research is critical to the research endeavour. Good research questions, however, do not magically appear; researchers must carefully formulate them in order to accomplish their purposes. Few scholarly sources provide guidelines for framing research questions. In this chapter, we discuss the reasons why research questions are important, indicate ...
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