a good research question is really like
a lighthouse it's essential to guide
your research paper it pinpoints exactly
what you want to find out and gives your
work a clear purpose and focus hi i'm
jessica from scribbler here to help you
achieve your academic goals without
further ado here are five steps to
develop a strong research question step
1 choose a broad topic go with the topic
that sparks your interest since you'll
be spending quite some time with it for
me I'm thinking maybe something about
social media step 2 do some preliminary
reading about the topic okay so I've
read a lot of newspaper writing about
how social media had negatively impacts
high school students academic
performances and they also happen to be
one of the most active age groups on
social media step 3 narrow down to your
specific niche this way you can make
sure the research is within a feasible
scope instead of something too broad to
achieve in a given time frame
since academic performance is too broad
let me narrow it down to attention span
step 4 identify research problem so we
have already established that
adolescence of one of the most active
age groups on social media platforms but
only a scarce amount of research has
been done on the effect of social media
has on the younger generations attention
span so this will be my research problem
step 5 write your research question
turning your research problem into a
question and it sounds something like
what effect does daily use of Twitter
have on the attention span of people in
the age group of 16 to 20 since this is
the descriptive research the research
question is also descriptive but there
are also other kinds of research
questions it all depends on the type of
research you'll do for example
comparative research descriptive
research or correlational research now
we have a research question but how do
you know if it's good or not here's a
checklist for you a good research
question should be focused and focused
it is since it focuses on a single
problem of Twitter's effect on the
attention span of high school students
it should be researchable that means the
answer to request
can be found by collecting empirical
data or through existing literature in
our case we can go for a quantitative
approach like using eye-tracking or
mouse tracking to measure the attention
span it needs to be feasible so is it
doable within a certain time frame do
you have access to the data you need or
the right kind of respondents it really
depends on your situation before this
research question it will fit more into
a time frame of a longer project so it
wouldn't be feasible for an assignment
you have to hand in by the end of the
month
be specific all the terms you use in the
research question should have clear
meanings notice how I don't use often
but daily and instead of using
adolescents I use a specific age group
the research questions should also be
complex enough if the research question
can be answered with yes or no or with
easily found facts then it's not complex
enough last but not least make sure a
problem is relevant you feel a study or
Society well social media is pretty much
all we used now so that's definitely
relevant to society it also targets a
currently unanswered question and
contribute knowledge that future
research can build on now keep in mind
in a research paper or essay you usually
only write one research question before
a bigger project you can also develop
multiple research questions around the
same problem for example I can also ask
does the infinite scroll function on
Twitter contribute to the effect on
attention span follow the steps and
checklist and you end up with the
research question as a solid foundation
for your research make sure you also
check out our articles on writing the
literature review and the methodology
section it's linked in the description
good luck writing I'll see you next
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