Thursday, January 05, 2006

Research Question/Problem

Identifying or comming up with research questions can be diffcult. These sites can give you some practical tips...

Research Problems and Solutions
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a819/a819-03.htm
Practical tips for identifying a research problem.

Issues and Problems
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a819/a819-03.htm
A recent book that identifies types of current educational issues that researchers might study.

Independent and Dependent Variables
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mstark/exp101/expvars.html
A lucid explanation of independent and dependent variables.

Developing a Problem Statement
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/phklass/eaf410/paper/problem.htm
Characteristics of the problem statement.

Qualitative Research Proposals
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~musi0012/guideline2.HTM
A guideline for developing qualitative research proposals.