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The Research Question

Learn how to develop focused research questions step by step to obtain meaningful and relevant results. Understand the importance of context, correlation, and analysis in research.

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The Research Question

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  1. The Research Question Barbara Snow barbsnow@Comcast.net WCC Class APRIL 2018

  2. "Just before she [Stein] died she asked, `What is the answer?’ No answer came. She laughed and said, `In that case, what is the question?' Then she died." Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)

  3. Basis for a research plan • One step at a time • Focused research Purpose of a research question

  4. Who is the father of Franklin C. McWethy, who is living in the household of William Barkerville (Baskerville?) in Union Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio in 1850. Specify the person being researched

  5. Is the Francis McQuevy, of Granville, N.Y., who married 1795 Esther Hendrix in Southbury, Connecticut the Francis McWethy who was christened in 1785 Granville, part of the family of Isaac McWethy. Is the identidy the same

  6. What is the maiden name of Abigail b. 1800 Saratoga Co. NY, who is wife of AmasaQuivey in census records 1850, 1855, 1860 Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., New York; a widow in 1870, still in Cincinnatus? Maiden name of wife

  7. When and where did Moses S. Quivey, son of Asa and Abigail Quivey and husband of Jane Fletcher, die? Locate an event

  8. Is Henry William Withey, who was b. ca 1780 in Vermont, resided 1830-1870 in Livingston Co. , New York and father of Calvin Withey b. ca 1808 s son of (or otherwise related to) JeduthanWithey who died1845 Canton Twp., Bradford Co. , Pennsylvania? Establish a relationship

  9. The research question is one in a series of questions you will ask to find the answer to your big question, which of course is… “I want to know everything about John Smith b. 1836 Tennessee or maybe New York who married Mary Jones!” Big questions overwhelm and confuse your research. One step at a time… Ask yourself: what do I want to know.

  10. Start your research with what you already know: • Write it down • Organize it • Analyze it • Start to develop a research plan for the question in front of you. What is next?

  11. If we start a block of research without defining our objective, then what will our research be based upon? The only option, then, is simply saying "Oh, here's a set of records I haven't used before, so I'll look up the names ABC and XYZ." But that, of course, would be just a "look up." Research calls for much more than just a name and a set of records. It also calls for strategies and context and correlation and analysis to get the most out of that set of records. And all those other factors vary according to the goal or question we have defined for that block of research. Elizabeth Shown Millshttps: www.evidenceexplained.com

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