Research Topic Proposal
Research Question Worksheet
1. What topic, problem, or issue are you interested in? Do some background research to find out more about it. | 2. What specific part of the topic are you interested in? Break down topic ideas to categories. | 3. List a few possible questions about your specific topic area. What? Who? When? Where? Why? How? |
4. Choose one to be your main research question. How or why questions are best. Why or How questions are best.
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5 Make you question as clear and specific as possible. Specify, who, what, where, when you are focusing on. | 6. State your working thesis. The working thesis should summarize the answer to your main research question, and will likely change after you do some research. |