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For many students, their first experience with research occurred in school where they were required to prepare a research report or a presentation on a particular subject. This is the fundamental level of research and its aim is to gather information on a topic, which is later to be presented to an intended audience (a class, teacher, etc). Examples are research on a particular country, animal, or political system.

The next level of research aims at answering a research question (often called the thesis question) and the information that is gathered and presented is chosen in order to answer that question. Examples of research questions are: What main social and political factors contribute to poverty in your country? Why is the Madagascan lemur an endangered species? How was language used to justify and maintain the Cold War last century?

Well-formulated and pertinent questions can lead to meaningful research projects that greatly increase our understanding of the world and ourselves. The information that you need for any research project may be quite general in nature, broadly covering the main ideas, theories and approaches to a topic, or it may be specific, focusing on one main aspect of the topic which is explored in greater depth.

This course covers the broad spectrum of research, the questions to ask and the many ways in which they can be answered.

 

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