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    To create a research question, start by writing your topic as a question. You may need to write it out from different perspectives before settling on what you want to research. The document provides an example of filling in blanks to help discover a research question about cell phones. It prompts the user to state their broad topic, find out standard journalistic questions like who, what, where, when and why and how, and help the reader understand the motivation and importance of the question. Bringing these elements together forms a research question on how constant cell phone use contributes to traffic accidents and safety risks.

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    To create a research question, start by writing your topic as a question. You may need to write it out from different perspectives before settling on what you want to research. The document provides an example of filling in blanks to help discover a research question about cell phones. It prompts the user to state their broad topic, find out standard journalistic questions like who, what, where, when and why and how, and help the reader understand the motivation and importance of the question. Bringing these elements together forms a research question on how constant cell phone use contributes to traffic accidents and safety risks.

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    HOWDOICREATEARESEARCHQUESTION?

    1. Start by writing out your topic as a


    question.
    You often have to write out your question many
    times from different perspectives before you can
    settle on what it is you want to research.

    EXAMPLE:

    Having trouble forming your topic into a question?


    Fill in the blanks of the following sentence to help
    you discover your question:
    A) I am studying ______________________

    (A) I am studying... (state what your broad topic is)


    cellphones

    _____________________________________
    _____________________________________
    (B) in order to find out _________________
    _____________________________________
    _____________________________________
    (C) in order to help my reader understand ____
    _____________________________________
    _____________________________________

    (D) Research Question: _________________


    _____________________________________
    _____________________________________

    (B) in order to find out... (use standard journalistic


    questions: who, what, where, when, but focus on
    why and how)
    howtheirusecontributestotraffic
    accidents

    (C) in order to help my reader understand...


    (motivate your question, why does your reader
    need to know this)
    whyconstantusemayincreasesafety
    riskstothemselvesandothers

    Now put it all together:


    (D) Research Question: (use the ideas in A-C to
    form a research question)
    Howdoestheconstantuseofcell
    phonescontributetotrafficaccidentsand
    increasesafetyriskstoboththecommunityand
    theuser?

    NOTE:IfyoudonotproperlyciteyoursourcesORfollowthetriangleofevidence,youWILLfailthis
    assignment!

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