Research Questions



Research Questions

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss different aspects of conducting researches. For the purpose of exploring the various aspects of researching, a paper from Newton, Bower and William published in 2004 will be referred. The paper revolves around the process of devising and revising research questions. The reading of this paper helped me address the questions raised for this assignment.

Discussion

The devising and revising of research questions is the most important part of conducting any research successfully. The paper will answer all the four questions raised for the assignment respectively.

Descriptive Research Questions

Descriptive research questions differ from the questions of relationship in a sense that descriptive questions tend to gain the information regarding the description of several characteristics. The descriptive questions are used in descriptive studies which basically attempt to describe the characteristics or features of anything. However, the questions of relationship tend to explore relationships between two or more variables. The basic requirement of questions of relationship is to make sure that none of variable is being manipulated through the structuring of the questions (Blazer, 2007 Pp. 269-272).

The descriptive research questions differ from the questions of comparison in a sense that descriptive questions do not usually helps in identifying relationships between two variables, the purpose of descriptive questions is only to define characteristics or situations. However, the questions of comparison tend to compare two or more different variables in order to explore the extent and levels of differences between the two variables (Newton, Bower & William, 2004 Pp.605-608).

Determination of Prior Researches

It is important for every researcher to identify the prior researches related to the intended research topic. One of the most important methods to explore the previous researches is to conduct a literature review. Every researcher need to realize the extents to which the topic has already ...