Discussion: Research Questions

 

Creating the research questions is key to designing a study:  Research questions must have both substance–for example, What is my study about?and formfor example, Am I asking a who, what, where, why, or how question? . . .  The form of the question can provide an important clue regarding the appropriate research method to be used (Yin, 2014, p. 11). In this Discussion, you will create research questions and evaluate the extent to which they align with other components of your Prospectus, and, ultimately, Proposal.

To prepare for your Discussion, review the Dissertation resources in this weeks Learning Resources.

Pay particular attention to specific examples of problem statements. Also, go to the Walden Library webpage “Dissertations,” find at least two Walden Dissertations from SPPA completed in the past year, and read the problem statements, purpose, and research questions for each.

ASSIGNMENT

 Post your Dissertation topic, problem statement, purpose, and at least four research questions. Explain what you learned from your required readings and Walden Dissertations, on problem and purpose statements and formulating research questions that flow logically from these. Summarize the ways all of these sections are aligned and why that is required for quality and rigorous dissertation research. 

(PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED FILE FOR THE INFO DO NOT DUPLICATE ) (add to what’s there and do the research questions ) use subheadings 

 

Required Readings

Criminal Justice

Maxfield, M., & Babbie, E. (2018). Research methods for criminal justice and criminology (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 4, “General Issues in Research Design”
Chapter 5, “Concepts, Operationalization, and Measurement”

Dissertation

Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 978-1-4522-6097-6
In Chapter 2, Selecting a Suitable Topic,  Generating researchable questions (pp. 2126)
Chapter 3, Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches (pp. 2765)
Chapter 5, The Method Chapter: Describing Your Research Plan (pp. 99135)
Readings on research design, pages listed in Subject Index under Research design, (p. 359)
Readings on research questions, pages listed in Subject Index under Research questions, (p. 359)
Chapter 10, Writing (pp. 259279)