ABSTRACT
The chapter guides master’s and doctoral students in framing research questions. Through examples, the discussion illustrates the characteristics that make questions researchable: alignment with a philosophical perspective; a hierarchy among aspects of the situation under study; a working theory that underpins the investigation; reasonable scope; and the articulation of sub-questions. Examples from master’s and doctoral theses focus on question phrasing and its influence in structuring the work that follows. A list of general categories of relevant issues encourages students to select research topics worth doing in a field building its research culture.
