Selecting Researchable Topics and Questions

Question	Answer
research questions	Questions about one or more topics or concepts that can be answered through research.
hypothesis	A testable statement about how two or more variables are expected to be related to one another.
researchable question	A question that is feasible to answer through research.
literature review	The process of searching for, reading, summarizing, and synthesizing existing work on a topic or the resulting written summary of a search.
keywords	The terms used to search for sources in a literature review.
feasibility	Whether it is practical to complete a study in terms of access, time, and money.
access	The ability to obtain the information needed to answer a research question.
research costs	All monetary expenditures needed for planning, executing, and reporting research.
time expenditures	The time it takes to complete all activities of a research project from the planning stage of the final report.

Resource summary

	Created by Caitlin Hall over 8 years ago