What Makes a Good Research Question .docxhelzerpatrina
What Makes a
Good Research
Question?
What is a Research Question?
A research question guides and centers your research. It should be clear and focused, as well as synthesize
multiple sources to present your unique argument. Even if your instructor has given you a specific
assignment, the research question should ideally be something that you are interested in or care about. Be
careful to avoid the “all-about” paper and questions that can be answered in a few factual statements.
Examples:
1. For instance, the following question is too broad and does not define the segments of the analysis:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
(The question does not address which chicken or which road.)
2. Similarly, the following question could be answered by a hypothetical Internet search:
How many chickens crossed Broad Street in Durham, NC, on February 6, 2014?
(Ostensibly, this question could be answered in one sentence and does not leave room for analysis. It
could, however, become data for a larger argument.)
3. A more precise question might be the following:
What are some of the environmental factors that occurred in Durham, NC between January and February
2014 that would cause chickens to cross Broad Street?
(This question can lead to the author taking a stand on which factors are significant, and allows the writer
to argue to what degree the results are beneficial or detrimental.)
How Do You Formulate A Good Research Question?
Choose a general topic of interest, and conduct preliminary research on
this topic in current periodicals and journals to see what research has
already been done. This will help determine what kinds of questions the
topic generates.
Once you have conducted preliminary research, consider: Who is the
audience? Is it an academic essay, or will it be read by a more general
public? Once you have conducted preliminary research, start asking open-
ended “How?” “What?” and Why?” questions. Then evaluate possible
responses to those questions.
Duke Writing Studio 2
Examples:
Say, for instance, you want to focus on social networking sites. After reading current research, you want
to examine to what degree social networking sites are harmful. The Writing Center at George Mason
University provides the following examples and explanations:
Possible Question: Why are social networking sites harmful?
An evaluation of this question reveals that the question is unclear: it does not specify which social
networking sites or state what harm is being caused. Moreover, this question takes as a given that this
“harm” exists. A clearer question would be the following:
Revised Question: How are online users experiencing or addressing privacy issues on such social
networking sites as Facebook and Twitter?
This version not only specifies the sites (Facebook and Twitter), but also the type of harm (privacy issues)
and who is harmed (online users).
While ...
Community Program Interview Community Program Interview AssignmeLynellBull52
Community Program Interview
Community Program Interview Assignment
(50 points)
For this assignment, each student will choose a community program to research and set up a time to interview a person from that agency (phone or e-mail).
My hope for this assignment is that you will make a connection to a community program that offers support, education, and resources for families with young children. Please consider finding an agency/program that works with families considered to need extra support or historically underserved. The program you choose must be inclusive. They cannot exclude anyone for race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, color, age, national origin, gender, or sexual expression.
Please include the agency/program you choose non-discrimination statement.
Examples of programs (These are just examples, please feel free to find a program that is interesting for you!)
Libraries
Schools
Boys and Girls Clubs
Mental Health Agencies/The Children's Center
Pride Center
Food Bank
Community Outreach
Immigration or Refugee Services
Latino Family Services
Hospitals
Environmental Groups
United Way/Help Me Grow
Home Visiting Agencies
Prevent Child Abuse Utah
Before and After School Programs
Outline (It would be good although not required to format your assignment with this outline)
1. Name of Program
2. Introduction and Summary of Program
3. Interview: After you have chosen your community program, please arrange a time to call or e-mail an interview with someone from that program/agency. When you call/e-mail, introduce yourself, explain that you are a college student working on a class assignment, and you would like to interview someone from the agency. You could have a summary of our class (from the syllabus) to read to let them know what kind of class this is. Please call weeks in advance to give yourself plenty of time to arrange the interview and complete the assignment on time. Research the program online before you call to familiarize yourself with its mission, get background & contact information, and confirm that they are inclusive and non-discriminatory.
*Questions for the interview (these are just ideas, you may need to create questions that fit your particular agency, please include at least 10 questions) This part may be in bullet points answering each question or a paragraph summarizing the answer and conversation.
· What is your role in this program/organization?
· Who and what ages do you serve?
· What are the goals of this program?
· What kind of support and resources does this agency need to be effective?
· Do you have special goals and strategies to reach families that may be “at-risk”?
· How do you work with other community and educational programs?
· What is the biggest barrier your program faces?
· What does your program need to reach more families and children? Is there a need for more support or services like yours?
· What services or programs would you add, if you could, to help families with young children?
· What is ...
CJ 500 Criminal Justice Library Tips Shapiro Librar.docxsleeperharwell
CJ 500 Criminal Justice Library Tips
Shapiro Library
Shapiro Library Graduate Tutorial
A–Z Database List
o Search by subject. Search term examples:
Law
Justice Studies
Research Guides
o Sometimes there is a guide for a specific topic/discipline.
o Criminal Justice Research Guide
o Google Like a Librarian
o Graduate Student Research Guide
Periodical Finder/ Electronic Journals
o Search by title (“begins with” or “contains”).
o Browse by subject (“law, politics, and government”).
o ProQuest Criminal Justice
o LexisNexis Academic
In this discipline, you will need to cite your sources in APA style. Refer to the following for information on using APA
style:
APA Style Guide
Purdue Online Writing Lab
How do I cite sources in APA style?
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CJ 500 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For your final project, you will analyze a contemporary issue in criminal justice and provide an evidence-based recommendation to address the issue, selecting an
issue of interest on which to focus your brief. You will analyze how the issue has evolved, apply criminological theories to identify causes of the issue, assess the
impact of the issue on the community, and propose strategies to address the issue.
Professionals in the field of criminal justice are often faced with making difficult decisions related to critical issues in their field. Those that are able to effectively
take action to address these issues are seen as leaders in the field. To effectively form conclusions and recommend appropriate action, it is essential that
professionals first analyze the background of the issue. Professionals must understand the history of the is.
What Makes a Good Research Question .docxhelzerpatrina
What Makes a
Good Research
Question?
What is a Research Question?
A research question guides and centers your research. It should be clear and focused, as well as synthesize
multiple sources to present your unique argument. Even if your instructor has given you a specific
assignment, the research question should ideally be something that you are interested in or care about. Be
careful to avoid the “all-about” paper and questions that can be answered in a few factual statements.
Examples:
1. For instance, the following question is too broad and does not define the segments of the analysis:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
(The question does not address which chicken or which road.)
2. Similarly, the following question could be answered by a hypothetical Internet search:
How many chickens crossed Broad Street in Durham, NC, on February 6, 2014?
(Ostensibly, this question could be answered in one sentence and does not leave room for analysis. It
could, however, become data for a larger argument.)
3. A more precise question might be the following:
What are some of the environmental factors that occurred in Durham, NC between January and February
2014 that would cause chickens to cross Broad Street?
(This question can lead to the author taking a stand on which factors are significant, and allows the writer
to argue to what degree the results are beneficial or detrimental.)
How Do You Formulate A Good Research Question?
Choose a general topic of interest, and conduct preliminary research on
this topic in current periodicals and journals to see what research has
already been done. This will help determine what kinds of questions the
topic generates.
Once you have conducted preliminary research, consider: Who is the
audience? Is it an academic essay, or will it be read by a more general
public? Once you have conducted preliminary research, start asking open-
ended “How?” “What?” and Why?” questions. Then evaluate possible
responses to those questions.
Duke Writing Studio 2
Examples:
Say, for instance, you want to focus on social networking sites. After reading current research, you want
to examine to what degree social networking sites are harmful. The Writing Center at George Mason
University provides the following examples and explanations:
Possible Question: Why are social networking sites harmful?
An evaluation of this question reveals that the question is unclear: it does not specify which social
networking sites or state what harm is being caused. Moreover, this question takes as a given that this
“harm” exists. A clearer question would be the following:
Revised Question: How are online users experiencing or addressing privacy issues on such social
networking sites as Facebook and Twitter?
This version not only specifies the sites (Facebook and Twitter), but also the type of harm (privacy issues)
and who is harmed (online users).
While ...
Community Program Interview Community Program Interview AssignmeLynellBull52
Community Program Interview
Community Program Interview Assignment
(50 points)
For this assignment, each student will choose a community program to research and set up a time to interview a person from that agency (phone or e-mail).
My hope for this assignment is that you will make a connection to a community program that offers support, education, and resources for families with young children. Please consider finding an agency/program that works with families considered to need extra support or historically underserved. The program you choose must be inclusive. They cannot exclude anyone for race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, color, age, national origin, gender, or sexual expression.
Please include the agency/program you choose non-discrimination statement.
Examples of programs (These are just examples, please feel free to find a program that is interesting for you!)
Libraries
Schools
Boys and Girls Clubs
Mental Health Agencies/The Children's Center
Pride Center
Food Bank
Community Outreach
Immigration or Refugee Services
Latino Family Services
Hospitals
Environmental Groups
United Way/Help Me Grow
Home Visiting Agencies
Prevent Child Abuse Utah
Before and After School Programs
Outline (It would be good although not required to format your assignment with this outline)
1. Name of Program
2. Introduction and Summary of Program
3. Interview: After you have chosen your community program, please arrange a time to call or e-mail an interview with someone from that program/agency. When you call/e-mail, introduce yourself, explain that you are a college student working on a class assignment, and you would like to interview someone from the agency. You could have a summary of our class (from the syllabus) to read to let them know what kind of class this is. Please call weeks in advance to give yourself plenty of time to arrange the interview and complete the assignment on time. Research the program online before you call to familiarize yourself with its mission, get background & contact information, and confirm that they are inclusive and non-discriminatory.
*Questions for the interview (these are just ideas, you may need to create questions that fit your particular agency, please include at least 10 questions) This part may be in bullet points answering each question or a paragraph summarizing the answer and conversation.
· What is your role in this program/organization?
· Who and what ages do you serve?
· What are the goals of this program?
· What kind of support and resources does this agency need to be effective?
· Do you have special goals and strategies to reach families that may be “at-risk”?
· How do you work with other community and educational programs?
· What is the biggest barrier your program faces?
· What does your program need to reach more families and children? Is there a need for more support or services like yours?
· What services or programs would you add, if you could, to help families with young children?
· What is ...
CJ 500 Criminal Justice Library Tips Shapiro Librar.docxsleeperharwell
CJ 500 Criminal Justice Library Tips
Shapiro Library
Shapiro Library Graduate Tutorial
A–Z Database List
o Search by subject. Search term examples:
Law
Justice Studies
Research Guides
o Sometimes there is a guide for a specific topic/discipline.
o Criminal Justice Research Guide
o Google Like a Librarian
o Graduate Student Research Guide
Periodical Finder/ Electronic Journals
o Search by title (“begins with” or “contains”).
o Browse by subject (“law, politics, and government”).
o ProQuest Criminal Justice
o LexisNexis Academic
In this discipline, you will need to cite your sources in APA style. Refer to the following for information on using APA
style:
APA Style Guide
Purdue Online Writing Lab
How do I cite sources in APA style?
http://libguides.snhu.edu/home
http://libguides.snhu.edu/c.php?g=179004
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://libguides.snhu.edu/az.php?s=21994
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://libguides.snhu.edu/az.php?s=21987
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CJ 500 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For your final project, you will analyze a contemporary issue in criminal justice and provide an evidence-based recommendation to address the issue, selecting an
issue of interest on which to focus your brief. You will analyze how the issue has evolved, apply criminological theories to identify causes of the issue, assess the
impact of the issue on the community, and propose strategies to address the issue.
Professionals in the field of criminal justice are often faced with making difficult decisions related to critical issues in their field. Those that are able to effectively
take action to address these issues are seen as leaders in the field. To effectively form conclusions and recommend appropriate action, it is essential that
professionals first analyze the background of the issue. Professionals must understand the history of the is.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
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It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
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What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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1. CJA 303 Entire Course NEW
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CJA 303 Week 1 Discussion Questions
CJA 303 Week 2 Discussion Questions
CJA 303 Week 2 Quiz
CJA 303 Week 3 Discussion Questions
CJA 303 Week 3 Group Paper Individual Rights vs. Public Order
2. CJA 303 Week 4 Discussion Questions
CJA 303 Week 4 What Society Expects of its Criminal Justice
System
CJA 303 Week 5 Discussion Questions
CJA 303 Week 5 Quiz
CJA 303 Week 5 Police and Police Issues- Due Process
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CJA 303 What Justice Means to Me
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Would capital punishment be an effective deterrent to crime?
Would capital punishment be considered a humane method of
retribution for murder?
What criteria should be considered before rationalizing the use
of capital punishment?
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Do you think the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 may
be a step towards the development of a police state in the U.S.?
Why or why not?
How can the adjudication process be improved?
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What are the disadvantages of individual rights vs. public
order?
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Do you think inmates have too many rights? Not enough rights?
Which rights would you add or deny? Explain your position
Do you agree with those who are trying to eliminate parole?
Why or why not?
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What Society Expects of its Criminal Justice System: Discuss and
compare the Criminal Justice System from the following
perspectives:
11. i. Society: What does society expect of its police, courts and
corrections? How is this realized? In what way are these
expectations unfulfilled?
ii. Employees of the System: What are the goals and
expectations of those employed by the police courts and
corrections? What are the temptations of the position? How do
the goals of the employees differ from those of society?
iii. Individuals Charged by the System: What are the legitimate
and non-legitimate needs of individual during their police
contact, court hearing or confinement? How effective is the
system in fulfilling the legitimate needs and preventing the
illegitimate needs? In what way are the needs of the individuals
charged different from those of society and the system
employees?
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Do you think employers should have access to their employees’
e-mails and Web-surfing activities? Why or why not?
Why didn't the Supreme Court abolish the death penalty with
the case of McCkesky v. Kemp? Identify and discuss the main
justifications for the death penalty.
13. CJA 303 Week 5 Police and Police Issues - Due Process
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Describe the concept of Due Process. Be sure to define the
adversarial system, identify the rights of the accused, and
describe the process after a crime has been committed through
post-arrest procedures.
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700-1000 word paper on what justice means to you. In your
intended occupation as a Criminal Justice professional. How
will you strive to see that your definition of justice is served?
