PSY 3010 Lecture 4: Soc4
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Sources of research questions: people (individuals, groups, communities, problems (for example, poverty, programs (for example, effectiveness, phenomena (for example, cause of litter, classic topics (do not go there, abortion, same-sex marriage. Interest: magnitude (is your problem defined narrowly enough, measurement of concepts, level of expertise, relevance, availability of data, ethical issues, note these issues help frame your significance of the study. , articulating why this topic matters. Steps in formulating a research problem: quality of the research depends on how it was formulated in the beginning, 1. Identify a subject of interest to yourself: 2. Dissect the broad area into sub-areas: 3. If too many, repeat steps 2 & 3: 5. Interest & feasibility: objectives transform research questions into clear, behavioral goals by using action. Formulating research objectives worlds or verbs: to determine , to test , to clarify , to understand , always use the word to .
