MUN105Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Religion In Africa, Kachina, Masquerade Ball
20 Dec 2016
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Mun105y1 y - craft of research - chapter 3 - from topics to questions. Must have a reason to research the topic. The reason is based on a question whose answer solves a problem that readers care about. Helps focus research and prevent irrelevant data from being collected. Most ideas don"t come from big question that attracts attention of many researchers in the field. They come from small questions (a mental itch") that a single researcher is interested in (one person wants to scratch") But must ask: does answer to question solve problem significant to professor / other researchers. Choose a topic that you are interested in. Interest = work is high quality + you are more likely to be committed to it. Step 1: list as many interests as you would like to explore: don"t list based on teacher"s interest or serious" topics. Step 2: whittle down to two to three topics that interest you the most.
