Ask the journalistic questions on your focused research topic (at least 3 questions for each: who, what, where, why, and how). Identify top 2-3 questions. Briefly discuss what/how/why they are your favorite.
- Who
- Who can my research potentially help?
- Who would be interested in helping me if I furthered this study?
- Who would I submit this project to if I wanted I published?
- What
- What are some of the ethical concerns with this project?
- What kid of person wouldn't want to be polled in such a study?
- What impact with this research have on my daily life?
- Where
- Where are the women I'm polling located geographically?
- Where would I get funding to do this project with a larger group?
- Where would I need to get permission from to publish my findings?
- When
- When would it be best to start making up questions for a poll?
- When is it acceptable to re-post, asking for more poll responses?
- When do I know I have enough data to begin drawing conclusions?
- Why
- Why did I choose this route for my research?
- Why didn't I stay with my older, broader thesis and work from there?
- Why?
- How
- How can I apply what this project will teach me to other projects in the future?
- How many women is enough when it comes to poll data?
- How can I apply my data in other fields?
SHORT LIST
- Where are the women I'm polling located geographically?
- This actually relates to if I chose to expand and re-do this project later on. Does their geo-location affect what they buy and when they buy it? This might just be one of those things that, in /real/ science, you'd have to control for, but I'd be interested to know if it tinges the results any.
- How can I apply what this project will teach me to other projects in the future?
- Well, in theory, the methodology I'm using right now will help me do better research in the future. Especially RE: coding and ethics, I definitely feel like I know more now than I did a few weeks ago. It's a more general kind of help, but I still feel it's totally valid.
Right now these questions are more what questions you have about the/your research process. I'm still wanting to see more research questions that are the topic of your research. Does that distinction make sense?
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