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The Importance of the Research Question (and how to discover yours)
By Sheri Oberman April 5, 2013 - 7:08pm
The other night, I was having a chat to my father about research and methods. He is an academic in engineering, and very much a positivist. I really enjoy discussions with him about research methods and measurement because he approaches thing from such a different perspective. One of the things I love is that even though we can be talking about the same topic, he will always be asking questions I would never think to.
Some of the best questions come from I wonder. It's important to avoid why questions. Questions must of course be open-ended, but not too open-ended. Maybe questions answer the "To see or not to see" aspect of research and thus make all the difference.
Original: http://fabricationnation.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/the-importance-of-the-research-question-and-how-to-discover-yours/
By: SheriO
Posted: April 5, 2013, 7:08 pm
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