Writing a Research Question Terms

Focused Topic

Have a narrow scope of interest and details

Purpose

Outline the directions and goals for your project

Exploring

Investigate a topic that is poorly understood to find new meaning

Explaining 

Identify cause-and-effect relationships

Creating

Using artistic methods to create a product from your project

Context

The time and place of your project

Scope

The area and extent of your project

Variables

Parts of your project that can be measured or counted

Value

Why your project is important

Feasibility

How your topic will be investigated with available resources

Alignment

Connect the purpose and goals of your project

Interesting

Be interesting to yourself and your audience

Novel

Confirm or refute past research

Ethical

Follows moral standards and not harm participants