What is a sub question in research?

Sub-questions are narrower questions. They are important because they provide the ‘skeleton’ around which you will find information to answer your main research question. ​ Good sub-questions should: Be ‘open’ questions (This means that they cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.

What are 5 good research questions?

Five Questions for Good Research

• What is the problem to be solved? Every good research project solves some particular problem.
• Who cares about this problem and why?
• What have others done?
• What is your solution to the problem?
• How can you demonstrate that your solution is a good one?

Can research questions be yes or no?

Research questions must be specific enough to be well covered in the space available. Research questions should not be answerable with a simple “yes” or “no” or by easily-found facts. They should, instead, require both research and analysis on the part of the writer. They often begin with “How” or “Why.”

Is a yes no question qualitative or quantitative?

Most recent answer Yes/No is nominal. It has no direction and therefore, it could be classified as qualitative with numerical description.

What are some qualitative questions?

Use good qualitative wording for these questions.

• Begin with words such as “how” or “what”
• Tell the reader what you are attempting to “discover,” “generate,” “explore,” “identify,” or “describe”
• Ask “what happened?”
• Ask “what was the meaning to people of what happened?”
• Ask “what happened over time?”

How do you ask a good research question?

Steps to developing a research question:

1. Choose an interesting general topic. Most professional researchers focus on topics they are genuinely interested in studying.
2. Do some preliminary research on your general topic.
3. Consider your audience.
4. Start asking questions.
5. Evaluate your question.
6. Begin your research.

What are good research questions?

In general, however, a good research question should be:

• Clear and focused. In other words, the question should clearly state what the writer needs to do.
• Not too broad and not too narrow.
• Not too easy to answer.
• Not too difficult to answer.
• Researchable.
• Analytical rather than descriptive.