How do you answer a sub-question?

How do you answer a sub-question?

Good sub-questions should:

1. Be ‘open’ questions (This means that they cannot be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.
2. Incorporate terms and concepts that you learnt during your initial background research.
3. Break up your research into manageable pieces.
4. 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:

1. Choose an interesting general topic. Most professional researchers focus on topics they are genuinely interested in studying.
2. Do some preliminary research on your general topic.
3. Consider your audience.
4. Start asking questions.
5. Evaluate your question.
6. 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.