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Crafting a Research Question

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UCLA WIRE

Coming up with a good research question is essential for any research! Whether you're joining a faculty-led group or initiating an independent research project, research questions will be central to your work.

By the end of this activity, you'll be able to:

  • Generate potential research questions

  • Refine and improve your research questions

  • Explain the broader significance of your research question

If you are joining a faculty-led project, you can still benefit from working through this tutorial. Learning about the process of generating a research question can prepare you for your future independent projects. 

This workshop was created by UCLA's WI+RE team.

Resource Statistics

Resource Type(s)
Activity
Learning Object
Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed
Research as Inquiry
Scholarship as Conversation
Discipline(s)
Not Discipline Specific
Type of Institution
Community or Junior College
College
University
Scope
Classroom-level
Course-level
License Assigned
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License CC-BY-NC-SA
Links
Crafting a Research Question (Online Workshop)
https://uclalibrary.github.io/research-tips/workshops/crafting-a-research-question/

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Other Attribution Information
Authors: Giselle Burns, Kian Ravaei, Xinyi(Alex) Yan
Contributors: Janet Goins, Kelly Kistner, Tama Hasson, Renee Romero, Doug Worsham
Attributions: CIMER (Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research), UCLA Undergraduate Research Center - Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. UCLA Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences