{"id":205,"date":"2021-03-30T16:26:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=205"},"modified":"2022-01-04T00:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T00:01:25","slug":"putting-it-together-asking-questions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/chapter\/putting-it-together-asking-questions\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Asking Questions","rendered":"Putting It Together: Asking Questions"},"content":{"raw":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Research<\/strong> is not a specialized, esoteric activity, but rather something that happens every day. By definition, we do research when we \"investigate systematically.\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research is often performed in community, and often within a discourse community.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A <strong>discourse community<\/strong> is a group of people that is united by the way the members communicate and the things they communicate about.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You belong to many discourse communities, even if you didn't realize it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The <strong>academic discourse community<\/strong> is like any other discourse community in some ways, but has certain distinct characteristics:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>build on what others have said<\/strong>\u00a0about a topic.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>consider the value of their work<\/strong>, but don\u2019t overstate the importance of their individual contribution.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>assume disagreement<\/strong>\u00a0 .<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>assume a voice of conviction and authority<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academics use\u00a0<strong>specialized vocabulary<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>foreground evidence.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Academic discourse can feel frustrating and stifling. These feelings are quite common.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research starts from questions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You should try to research topics that <strong>interest you<\/strong>. One way to find these topics is to perform an\u00a0<strong>interest inventory.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research projects are often built around a research question. A research question:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Can be answered<\/strong> in some way, yet<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Is <strong>arguable<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Can be answered <strong>using information that exists<\/strong>, yet<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Hasn't been answered<\/strong> yet.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Is <strong>specific<\/strong> and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Can be <strong>stated clearly<\/strong> and <strong>directly.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>An\u00a0<strong>academic discipline\u00a0<\/strong>or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge within the academic discourse community. Disciplines are like lenses that allow us to see the world in different ways.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Interdisciplinary<\/strong> scholarship weaves together multiple disciplines.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A <strong>methodology<\/strong> is a system of methods that an academic discipline uses to carry out its research and pursue the answers to its questions.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong> research quantifies a problem by transforming it into numbers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Qualitative<\/strong>\u00a0research focuses on discovering reasons, motivations, attitudes, insights, and other non-quantitative data.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Experimental<\/strong> research\u00a0generate new findings by way of experiment.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Analytical<\/strong> research starts out with knowledge that already exists and analyzes this information.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Research<\/strong> is not a specialized, esoteric activity, but rather something that happens every day. By definition, we do research when we &#8220;investigate systematically.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Research is often performed in community, and often within a discourse community.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>discourse community<\/strong> is a group of people that is united by the way the members communicate and the things they communicate about.<\/li>\n<li>You belong to many discourse communities, even if you didn&#8217;t realize it.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>academic discourse community<\/strong> is like any other discourse community in some ways, but has certain distinct characteristics:\n<ul>\n<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>build on what others have said<\/strong>\u00a0about a topic.<\/li>\n<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>consider the value of their work<\/strong>, but don\u2019t overstate the importance of their individual contribution.<\/li>\n<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>assume disagreement<\/strong>\u00a0 .<\/li>\n<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>assume a voice of conviction and authority<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Academics use\u00a0<strong>specialized vocabulary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Academics\u00a0<strong>foreground evidence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Academic discourse can feel frustrating and stifling. These feelings are quite common.<\/li>\n<li>Research starts from questions<\/li>\n<li>You should try to research topics that <strong>interest you<\/strong>. One way to find these topics is to perform an\u00a0<strong>interest inventory.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Research projects are often built around a research question. A research question:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Can be answered<\/strong> in some way, yet<\/li>\n<li>Is <strong>arguable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Can be answered <strong>using information that exists<\/strong>, yet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hasn&#8217;t been answered<\/strong> yet.<\/li>\n<li>Is <strong>specific<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li>Can be <strong>stated clearly<\/strong> and <strong>directly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>An\u00a0<strong>academic discipline\u00a0<\/strong>or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge within the academic discourse community. Disciplines are like lenses that allow us to see the world in different ways.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interdisciplinary<\/strong> scholarship weaves together multiple disciplines.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>methodology<\/strong> is a system of methods that an academic discipline uses to carry out its research and pursue the answers to its questions.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quantitative<\/strong> research quantifies a problem by transforming it into numbers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualitative<\/strong>\u00a0research focuses on discovering reasons, motivations, attitudes, insights, and other non-quantitative data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Experimental<\/strong> research\u00a0generate new findings by way of experiment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytical<\/strong> research starts out with knowledge that already exists and analyzes this information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-205\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Lumen Learning authored content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Putting It Together: Asking Questions. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":161083,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"lumen\",\"description\":\"Putting It Together: Asking Questions\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"d03c729b-371f-41de-a961-927f7f211cbf","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-205","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":57,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3288,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/205\/revisions\/3288"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/57"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/205\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}