Considerations for a good Research Q

  • Section 2.3 p. 15-16, Section 2.4 p. 16-18
  • Sources of Questions:
    • Curiosity
    • Theory
      • If this is what I expect the world to work, what would I expect to see in the world?
    • Opportunity
      • What questions would this data allow me to answer?
  • Research Questions tells us why hypothesis to test
  1. Potential Results
  • If you cant say something interesting from results, Question and Theory not closely linked
  1. Feasibility
  • Possible vs. Realistically Obtainable Data
  1. Scale
  • Consider time, resource constraints
  1. Design
  • Finding a reasonable research design that can answer it
  1. Simplicity
  • Don’t combine multiple determinants into the question to answer