Research questions

Dr.Viral Bharat bhai Jadav

Associate Professor, IITE, Gandhinagar
• Research questions are nothing but the
objectives of the research, which are
mentioned in question form.

Research Questions
• How many types of values are emerging from the content
of the textbook of Science and Technology of grade IX?
• Which values are emerging from the content of the
textbook of Science and Technology of grade IX?
• Which type values is emerging at the most from the
content of the textbook of Science and Technology of
grade IX?
• Which type values is emerging the least from the content
of the textbook of Science and Technology of grade IX?

Ex: A research problem: Values emerging from the

text book of Science and technology of Grade IX
• All good questions follow the ethics of research
• Research questions are supplementary to the problem
of the research
• It is written in simple language
• Answer of each research question leads the
researcher towards the answer of the main research
question
• It is related with certain aspect of research problem
• Data should be available to answer the questions

Characteristics of good
research questions
• Answer of the question should be depend upon
data analysis and interpretation
• A good research question boost the research
process
• It encourage the researcher for investigation
• It gives idea about the scope of a certain research
• A good research question should have descriptive
answer

Characteristics of good
research questions
• Which physical facilities are available in self
financed, grant-in aided and government primary
schools of Ahmedabad district?
• In which activities, the undergraduates of
Ahmedabad city been engaged to utilise their
leisure?
• How is the counselling of the SSC students done
in Ahmedabad to remove their exam anxiety?
• Which type of values emerge from the literature
of Munshi Premchand?

Examples
• Literature related with the selected research
problem should be studied thoroughly
• Different aspects related with the area of the
problem should be identified properly
• If possible, the field of the selected research
problem should be categorised on the basis of the
aspects concerned with it or the title of the
research problem should be divided in to subtitles
and research questions, based on each division,
should be formed.

Points to be kept in Mind

• Characteristics of good questions should be
studied before framing the questions
• Experts in the field of selected problems should
be consulted and discussion should be done with
them in the context of probable research
questions
• After the formulation of research question the
researcher should check the language, spelling
and grammatical errors etc.

Points to be kept in Mind

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