Informal writing exercise 4: Research questions
For the following questions, indicate whether each would be useable as-is for a research paper,
would need further development, or would be unusable, and state why. For questions that need
further development, provide a more focussed or otherwise useable question. You may choose to
do this individually or as a group.
1. Is organic food better than non-organic food?
This question is useable but requires further expansion for a research paper because
you can conduct a study and an experiment to demonstrate that organic food is better
compared to non-organic meals. Irrespectively, a better question might be, does organic
food provide more health benefits than non-organic food, or is organic food significantly
less expensive than non-organic food? You can look into who will be the subject of this
study's experiment, what relevant factors are analyzed, when and from whom data is
collected, and how data is organized and collected.
2. Does technology make society better?
This question would be useable for a research paper as is, but it could benefit from
further improvement as a better research question, such as how technology improves
society today quality of life or other factors that the question can give more detail on with
experiments and causal inference based on sample statistics? In this question, who can
be consumers or users of new tech, and when and why can be contrasted with previous
times when innovation was less impactful about the research.
3. Where was the Higgs-Boson discovered?
This question does not meet the requirements as a research paper question because
there isn't a research hypothesis connected and you're able to arrange brief research.
This question is more concerned with historical analyzing, that cannot be improved.
4. What is the best movie?
This is a hard question to answer because each participant in the retrospective analysis
has different movie opinions.
5.
Why is it a bad idea to allow women to serve in combat roles in the Canadian military?
Regardless of the serious questions in this question, it might be a research question because it's
highly debatable and substantiated by evidence and logic which may encourage or nullify the
research hypotheses.
6.
Should preventative dental care be included in the Canadian universal healthcare plan?
Even though you can use this question as is, it is suitable for an as-is question.
Instead of taking recourse to a yes or no question, respond and make the argument. You can use
the information and statistical data to support your position on whether precautionary dental
treatment is essential. Number of experiments is also included and it can be utilized.
7. Why do some people paint their living rooms beige instead of white?
Despite the fact that psychological effects or customer preferences can be researched on this,
It is not as broad in its research participants as the research topic. The subject is indeed
not exciting, and the majority of individuals would prefer to see other color combinations used in
their living rooms, limiting their data set and trying to make it unusable.
8.
Why is my dog afraid of bananas?
This isn't a research question; the subject is incredibly narrow, focusing exclusively on the
author's circumstances, and therefore cannot be universally applied to the the whole dog
population.
9.
How has Edmonton changed since humans arrived here?
This is a useable research question; background knowledge can be utilized to evaluate
population statistics to see how they've evolved over time. The question is also particular and
focused, and it can be discussed in a research article. However, a key question could be how far
Edmonton has transformed ever since arrival in terms of components including such standard of
living or technological developments.
10. What are the best alternatives to petroleum?
This is a useable question. You can run randomised experiments to see how efficient each
alternative is given a random allocation. You can also find out who, what, why, when, where, and
how the data was collected, which provides opportunities for a good research paper. A better
question, however, would be narrowly focused on concepts such as best alternatives to
petroleum based on costs, efficiency, or other measures.
11. How does race influence women’s maternal health treatment and outcomes in the United
States?
This is a useable question; users could indeed investigate the inhabitants and conduct
background as well as historical analysis. Experimental studies and observational research also
are possibilities for this research topic.
12. Can a curricular emphasis on critical media literacy in primary schools reduce the spread of
false information on social networking sites like Facebook?
This is a useable research question because it is precise and may be assisted with logic and
evidence. You also can perform research to find out more about article's frame of reference as
well as other ideas.
13. To what extent do tuition freezes help reduce student debt?
This is useable qualitative research. Relevant aspects and implications are recognized, and the
issue has a clear objective that can be responded without the need for a yes or no reaction.
Methods can be utilized to determine how accurate an area of study or reasoning is.
14. What causes anxiety?
This is a useable research question that requires further development. The question must be
clear and focused in order to be answered. Limiting the variables that cause anxiety, for
example.
15. Should drugs be legal?
Similarly, this research problem could be enlarged to also include components that really are
debatable in addition to specific and focused enough just to create thorough research.
Restricting the study questions from something as well broad enables for further maintainability
in areas of experimenting to make conclusions as well as responses.
Submit your answers through the link provided on eClass; you can write this individually or in
groups, but you must submit an individual copy through eClass.