{"id":540,"date":"2017-04-03T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/?post_type=chapter&p=540"},"modified":"2017-04-11T18:53:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:53:34","slug":"regular-vs-research-questions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/regular-vs-research-questions\/","title":{"raw":"Regular vs. Research Questions","rendered":"Regular vs. Research Questions"},"content":{"raw":"Most of us look for information to answer questions every day, and we often act on the answers to those questions. Are research questions any different from most of the questions for which we seek information? Yes.\r\n\r\nSee how they\u2019re different by looking over the examples of both kinds below and answering questions about them in the next activity. After you\u2019ve considered the examples, see the bottom of the page for a summary of the differences.\r\n
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Examples:<\/strong> Regular vs. Research Questions<\/h3>\r\nRegular Question: <\/strong>What time is my movie showing at Lennox on Friday?\r\n\r\nResearch Question: <\/strong>How do \u201csleeper\u201d films end up having outstanding attendance figures?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question: <\/strong>What can I do about my insomnia?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> How do flights more than 16 hours long affect the reflexes of commercial jet pilots?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question:<\/strong> How many children in the U.S. have allergies?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> How does his or her country of birth affect a child\u2019s chances of developing asthma?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question:<\/strong> What year was metformin approved by the U.S. Food and Drug administration?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> Why are nanomedicines, such as doxorubicin, worth developing?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question: <\/strong>Could citizens register to vote at branches of the Columbus Public Library in 2012?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> How do public libraries in the United States support democracy?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question:<\/strong> What is the Whorfian Hypothesis?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> Why have linguists cared about the Whorfian hypothesis?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question: <\/strong>Where is the Apple, Inc. home office?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> Why are Apple\u2019s marketing efforts so successful?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question:<\/strong> What is Mers?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> How could decision making about whether to declare a pandemic be improved?\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nRegular Question: <\/strong>Does MLA style recommend the use of generic male pronouns intended to refer to both males and females?\r\n\r\nResearch Question:<\/strong> How do age, gender, IQ, and socioeconomic status affect whether students interpret generic male pronouns as referring to both males and females?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Activity:<\/strong> Which Kind of Question<\/h3>\r\nOpen activity in a web browser.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Summary: Regular vs. Research Questions<\/h3>\r\nResearch questions cannot be answered by a quick web search. Answering them involves using more critical thinking than answering regular questions because they seem more debatable. Research questions require more sources of information to answer and, consequently, take more time to answer. They, more often than regular questions, start with the word \u201cHow\u201d or \u201cWhy.\u201d\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

Most of us look for information to answer questions every day, and we often act on the answers to those questions. Are research questions any different from most of the questions for which we seek information? Yes.<\/p>\n

See how they\u2019re different by looking over the examples of both kinds below and answering questions about them in the next activity. After you\u2019ve considered the examples, see the bottom of the page for a summary of the differences.<\/p>\n

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Examples:<\/strong> Regular vs. Research Questions<\/h3>\n

Regular Question: <\/strong>What time is my movie showing at Lennox on Friday?<\/p>\n

Research Question: <\/strong>How do \u201csleeper\u201d films end up having outstanding attendance figures?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question: <\/strong>What can I do about my insomnia?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> How do flights more than 16 hours long affect the reflexes of commercial jet pilots?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question:<\/strong> How many children in the U.S. have allergies?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> How does his or her country of birth affect a child\u2019s chances of developing asthma?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question:<\/strong> What year was metformin approved by the U.S. Food and Drug administration?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> Why are nanomedicines, such as doxorubicin, worth developing?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question: <\/strong>Could citizens register to vote at branches of the Columbus Public Library in 2012?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> How do public libraries in the United States support democracy?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question:<\/strong> What is the Whorfian Hypothesis?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> Why have linguists cared about the Whorfian hypothesis?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question: <\/strong>Where is the Apple, Inc. home office?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> Why are Apple\u2019s marketing efforts so successful?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question:<\/strong> What is Mers?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> How could decision making about whether to declare a pandemic be improved?<\/p>\n

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Regular Question: <\/strong>Does MLA style recommend the use of generic male pronouns intended to refer to both males and females?<\/p>\n

Research Question:<\/strong> How do age, gender, IQ, and socioeconomic status affect whether students interpret generic male pronouns as referring to both males and females?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Activity:<\/strong> Which Kind of Question<\/h3>\n

Open activity in a web browser.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Summary: Regular vs. Research Questions<\/h3>\n

Research questions cannot be answered by a quick web search. Answering them involves using more critical thinking than answering regular questions because they seem more debatable. Research questions require more sources of information to answer and, consequently, take more time to answer. They, more often than regular questions, start with the word \u201cHow\u201d or \u201cWhy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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