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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education Book Cover
How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e
Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

The Research Problem

Problem Sheet

Problem Sheet 2: The Research Question

  1. My (restated) research problem is __________________________________________
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  3. My research question is: __________________________________________________
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  5. The following are the key terms in the problem or question that are not clear and thus
    need to be defined:
    1. ___________________________
    2. ___________________________
    3. ___________________________
    4. __________________________
    5. __________________________
    6. __________________________
  1. Here are my constitutive definitions of these terms: ____________________________
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  3. Here are my operational definitions of these terms: _____________________________
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  5. My justification for investigating this question/problem (why I would argue that it is an
    important question to investigate) is as follows: _________________________
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