Research Help
Creating a research question
Preparing to write a research question
Begin with supporting questions, or what we call "skinny" questions - often begin with "when", "who", "where", "how many".
These are factual questions that will give you background on your topic.
What makes a good research question?
you don't already know the answer to the question
it has more than one possible answer
aim for "fat" questions - cannot be answered in one word or sentence, make you think of other questions, often begin with "why", "how", "which"
avoid "skinny" questions for your main question
What Makes a Good Investigation Question?
A good investigation question is
Focused on a specific aspect of a larger topic (not too big!)
Researchable and open-ended
NOT a yes/no question
NOT a question where you can find the answer by doing a simple search online
Interesting to you