Crafting a Research Question

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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.

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Tutorial

Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed

Research as Inquiry

Scholarship as Conversation

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Not Discipline Specific

Type of Institution

Community or Junior College

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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License CC-BY-NC-SA

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Crafting a Research Question (Online Workshop)

https://uclalibrary.github.io/research-tips/workshops/crafting-a-research-question/

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

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