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How to Narrow a Research Topic

How to Narrow a Research Topic. Define the word broad? What do you think happens if you are researching and your topic is too broad?. When your research topic is too broad, ask yourself these questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why?.

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How to Narrow a Research Topic

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  1. How to Narrow a Research Topic

  2. How to Narrow a Research Topic • Define the word broad? • What do you think happens if you are researching and your topic is too broad?

  3. How to Narrow a Research Topic When your research topic is too broad, ask yourself these questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why?

  4. How to Narrow a Research Topic Let’s see how this works with an example: eating disorders This topic is too broad (general) to write about in a short paper. We need to narrow it down. (more specific).

  5. How to Narrow a Research Topic Who? TOPIC: EATING DISORDERS Populations Age NEW TOPIC: Eating disorders in elderly females Gender Race or Ethnicity

  6. How to Narrow a Research Topic What? TOPIC: EATING DISORDERS Types Anorexia NEW TOPIC: Anorexia in elderly females Bulimia Compulsive eating

  7. How to Narrow a Research Topic When? TOPIC: EATING DISORDERS Timeframes Current or historical view NEW TOPIC: Bulimia in middle-aged females Period of life

  8. How to Narrow a Research Topic Where? TOPIC: EATING DISORDERS Places States NEW TOPIC: Anorexia in Australian women Regions Countries

  9. How to Narrow a Research Topic Why? TOPIC: EATING DISORDERS Evaluate Causes NEW TOPIC: Successful methods for treatment of compulsive eating Treatments Outcomes

  10. How to Narrow a Research Topic The Desert The desert is a lot to write about. What part of the desert am I interested in? And what would my audience find interesting? I have always found those large cacti very interesting. Perhaps I could write about Saguaros in the desert- large cacti.

  11. How to Narrow a Research Topic Your turn! Narrow these topics-- remember to think about who, what, when ,where and why when narrowing your topic: • Space • Insects • Presidents • The Ocean

  12. How to Narrow a Research Topic Your turn! Narrow these topics even more: Space—astronauts— Insects—butterflies— Presidents-Lincoln- Ocean- shipwrecks--

  13. How to Narrow a Research Topic Let’s practice on our own Rank the following topics from general to the narrow- 1 being general and 4 being narrow. __ huskies in Alaska __ dogs __ huskies __ baby huskies training to be sled dogs in Alaska ___baby huskies in Alaska

  14. How to Narrow a Research Topic Let’s practice on our own Rank the following topics from general to the narrow- 1 being general and 4 being narrow. __ tests in middle school __ education __ middle school __ female TCAP scores ___female test scores

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