Specific research questions should have the following characteristics (thanks to Freya Kinner:
- Based in theory or the literature
- Tells what will be studied
- Meets some need (societal or scientific)
- Tells how it will meet the need
- Can be operationalized (is possible given resources, time and expertise)
Most geology questions fall into 3 categories which are described here.
Research fellows give their question writing suggestions here.
Dave’s powerpoint for introducing this material in class is here:
First steps for developing research questions are here:
A list of possible methods that may help answer your research questions are here.