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How do you answer a sub-question?
Good sub-questions should:
- Be ‘open’ questions (This means that they cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.
- Incorporate terms and concepts that you learnt during your initial background research.
- Break up your research into manageable pieces.
- Make your research less daunting.
What is the sub-question?
Sub-questions are extensions of questions that attempt to get more detail on a particular answer. When your five-year-old follows your rousing explanation of why chocolate milk is brown with a “but why?” Congratulate them. They just used a sub-question.
What are examples of sub-questions?
Sub-questions – History Skills….Improving Your Sub-Questions
- What role did the bombing of Tokyo have on Japan’s decision to surrender at the end of World War Two?
- What role did the bombing of Hiroshima have on Japan’s decision to surrender at the end of World War Two?
Is Sub-question one word?
Hyphen usage changes all the time and it is largely a matter of style. I like the hyphen and would use sub-question in this case.
How many sub research questions should you have?
You need at least two sub-questions, three is better, you can even create more. You can use topic keywords or alternate keywords to craft your sub-questions. Time to challenge yourself with examples !
Is Sub question hyphenated?
It can be helpful in pointing out words with prefixes and suffixes that don’t need hyphens (e.g., subquestion v. sub-question).
How do you come up with a good research question?
Steps to developing a research question:
- Choose an interesting general topic. Most professional researchers focus on topics they are genuinely interested in studying.
- Do some preliminary research on your general topic.
- Consider your audience.
- Start asking questions.
- Evaluate your question.
- Begin your research.
What are characteristics of a good research questions?
Characteristics of good research questions.
- The question should be feasible: it can be investigated without an undue amount of time, energy, or money.
- The question should be clear: most people would agree as to what the keywords in the question mean.
Which is the best way to answer a sub-question?
Be ‘open’ questions (This means that they cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. Usually this means starting the question with: what, why, or how) In answering each of your three sub-questions through source research, you will ultimately have an answer for your Key Inquiry Question.
What happens when you add a sub question?
If you insert a new row, or disable one, the other sub-question will be “automatically” updated. The rows will always be synchronous and hence no routing discrepancies between the two sub-questions. You also have the option to include an open text alternative (“other, please specify”) in the first sub-question.
Can a key inquiry question be broken into sub-questions?
However, the Key Inquiry Question is usually too broad to answer at this early juncture. Therefore, you need to break your Key Inquiry Question into smaller questions (called ‘sub-questions’) in order to answer it sufficiently. A good Key Inquiry Question can easily be divided into three separate parts which can be turned into sub-questions.
What’s the best way to start a research question?
Be ‘open’ questions (This means that they cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. Usually this means starting the question with: who, what, when, where, why, or how) Incorporate terms and concepts that you learnt during your initial background research.