Find+a+Question

=Find a Question (Topic Selection) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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 * "Begin with a question that others in there field wnat to answer."
 * "Helps" ... "understand larger issues."
 * Something that "pops into a researcher's mind."
 * "A researcher's most valuable ability is the knack of being puzzled by ordinary things."
 * "Search your interests." (Great list of questions.) - Turabian
 * Complete the EMSE 8000 100 Questions exercise and organize into themes.

Constructing the Right Questions


 * "Three Kinds of Questions That Researchers Ask" (Turabian, 2007, pp 8-10) / So What?
 * "Conceptual Questions (What Should We Think)"
 * "Practical Questions (What Should We Do)"
 * Applied Questions (Understanding the Problem Better)
 * Good "so what if you do" refining the questions example
 * "But in most of the academic world, the primary aim of most researchers is only to imporve our understanding."
 * "Choosing the Right Kind of Question" (Turabian, 2007, pp 10-11)
 * "But if your project is a thesis or disseration, it's not just an advisor that you have to satisfy. Your answer must also satisfy those in your field (represented by your advisor) who will judge your work not just by the quality of your answer, but by the significance of your question."


 * Sources**
 * EMSE 8000, Spring 2011
 * Kate Turabian, //A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Disseratations, 7th ed.,// revised by Wayne C. Booth, et. al. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007)

Contributors: Sisson