Monday, December 1, 2008

Revised Research Questions

Based on our discussion in class, and also considering the comments in The Craft of Research about honing your general topic into a refined research question. While not mandatory, as one can develop a good essay a strong essay regardless of how one formulates one's question, strive to craft your research questions beginning with "how" or "why." We will review these tomorrow in class, paying particular attention to their level of specificity and potential for generating an argumentative response. Keep researching!

11 comments:

sbull09 said...

How would the proposed bailout for these three big automobile companies effect the auto industry?

Unknown said...

How is affirmative action detrimental to American society even though the intent is to better the society? Should it be eliminated from the college process so that schools are not simply choosing minorities in order to appear diverse?

sam-a-lam-a-ding-dong said...

How was the culture of the 1990's a backlash to the superficial and overly polished culture of the 1980's, as shown in the music and films of the era?

WBH said...

Howdy yall! I hope your paper topic is developing nicely:)

How has government policy on abortion and gay marriage in the United States been affected by Christianity?

mharp said...

How is the media responsible for the outcome of the personal blunders of politicians in terms of their futures?

Alicepedia said...

HOWDY BLAIR! (Is this more enthusiastic?)

How will the defense industry play a role in America's recovery from the current economic situation considering it's prominent role in World War II?

WBH said...

Alice that is just great! I really appreciate your enthusiasm:)

I hope there wasn't any sarcasm in that though...

gregoryal said...

How should same sex couples be treated in the adoption process?

annalee said...

How does the media create misleading representations of Presidential candidates? How are these representations misleading?

kelefant said...

howdy to you too Blair :)
cool name sam.

How has reality TV effected the cultural ideals and how have they changed over the past decade?

Tyler Moore said...

Why has the media changed from reporting about what politicians stand for to digging up every dirty secret of every politician?