Please carefully read the instructions below and answer all questions in order
1. Generate a research problem idea (it’s okay to start broad) and explain why you picked such research topic/idea.
2. Now that you have a research problem, let’s go through the ‘shaping’ process.
- Narrow the scope (be as detailed as you can).
- Specify and explain at least 2 concepts that is relevant to your research problem.
- Operationalize your research problem, by providing measurable factors.
- What is the unit of analysis for your research problem?
- Conduct a literature review and write down one useful piece of information about your research problem from each credible source: scholarly journal article & website (make sure to have a reference of your source)
3. Which of the two general different approaches to research (i.e., deductive reasoning & inductive reasoning) would you choose your research problem? Explain Why?
4. Now that you have thought through more thoroughly about the first steps of the identifying and shaping a research problem, think about your research problem, and write down your research question (research question is a question that a research project sets out to answer – should be more somewhat detail).
5. Which methodology (i.e., quantitative or qualitative) would you choose to answer the research question? Provide a detailed rationale to support your decision.
6. Which method would you choose to gather the data? Provide a detailed rationale to support your decision.
7. Would you adopt a cross-sectional or longitudinal research design? Provide a detailed rationale to support your decision.