Writing a research topic on your own requires either producing one from scratch (based

on your interests and goals and potentially, on some brainstorming) or getting

inspiration from a number of sources, like preassembled topic lists, course material,
teachers, real life, news headlines, published research in the respective field, etc.

What are the 3 Types of Research Questions?

Before formulating your research questions ideas, note that there are 3 important types
of research questions:

 descriptive – these employ careful and comprehensive observation of a

phenomenon/ event, subject, trait, etc. in order to characterize it in detail and to
potentially reveal important/ interesting/ undescribed aspects or patterns.
 causal – these investigate whether altering some variables leads to changes in
other variables suggesting a causal relationship.

 comparative – these look into similarities and differences between two or more
entities

What is a Good Research Paper Topic?

Features that tend to characterize good research questions are as follows:

 specific and concrete – investigation goals and (expected results) have to be

clear and focused
 original – investigating aspects/ entities/ relationships that have not been
researched before

 highly important/impactful for community/ society/ a professional field.

 highly relevant for potential readers/ reviewers

 trending – emerging disciplines/ topics spark more interest due to their novelty and
yet unexplored potential

College Research Paper Topics

1. The bias in the selection of the college internships and scholarships
2. The problems of reverse discrimination in post-college employment

3. Should multicultural education concepts be implemented at a greater depth?

4. The drug and alcohol abuse on college campuses

5. Does social media help students to find appropriate information and learn?

6. The psychological disorders and the support groups in modern colleges

7. Should people with ADHD and Autism be separated from the other students?

8. The art of college political campaigns

9. Pros and cons of religious colleges

10. Should college athletes be paid and provided with additional advantages?

Essay Examples Relevant to College

 College Education
 Scholarship
 College Life
 College Students
 Paying College Athletes

Health Research Paper Topics

1. The challenges of deafness and communication difficulties among special needs
students
2. The concept of global health security

3. The ways to decrease household air pollution

4. How the information about infectious diseases is distributed online

5. Should people be allowed to know more about climate change issues?

6. The privacy factor and the personal health issues

7. The role of fitness ads in exercising practices

8. The healthy food standards are not always unbiased

9. The role of social media in the medical care system

10. The psychological aspect in the perception of allergies

Essay Examples Relevant to Health

 Health
 Public Health
 Physical Exercise
 Fitness
 Infectious Disease
Research Paper Topics on Medicine
1. Is life-sustaining therapy needed when it’s futile?
2. The role of placebo treatment

3. How to avoid animal testing?

4. Pros and contras of medical marijuana

5. Is being a vegetarian useful for child’s health?

6. How obesity affects our health?

7. Vaccines for kids: their usefulness or damage

8. Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?

9. Do doctors turn their patients into drug addicts?