Developing Research Questions

Capstone Project: Research Question

For this Assignment, you refine your research question from this week’s Discussion based on peer feedback and the Research Question Guidelines located in this week’s Learning Resources.

To complete:

• With peer feedback in mind, refine the research question you posted in this week’s Discussion.
• Compare your research question to the Research Question Guidelines document and refine accordingly.
• State your research question.
• Write a 1- to 2-page rationale for your research question, including why the question is relevant to public administration, public policy, or nonprofit management.

Readings

• Empire State College. (n.d.). Developing a research question. Retrieved August 28, 2014, from http://www8.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/0/f87fd7182f0ff21c852569c2005a47b7
• Document: Peer Review Guidelines (PDF)
  This document provides a list of review attributes and criteria to judge the strengths and weaknesses of research questions, and advises using diplomacy when giving feedback.
• Document: Research Question Guidelines (PDF)
  This document summarizes the key attributes and criteria for relevant research questions, such as clarity, focus, complexity, and directness. Proper framing of questions is also addressed.

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