Analysis

Generating Your Research Idea Worksheet

Identify your research theme, the general area you would like to investigate. Be sure to write in

the form of a question.

Identify your research question. Based on this theme, can you identify several more specific

research questions? Be sure to write in the form of a question.

Next, rewrite your question, getting even more specific and reducing your question to an even

smaller unit. Write each of your question(s) on a smaller scale, in terms as precise as possible. Be

sure to write in the form of a question.

Identify the questions that make the most sense to you, questions that can actually be answered

within the scope of this assignment. Review your questions and write the question that is at the

level that makes the most sense to you.

Finally, identify some key words affiliated with this topic. You might want to do some preliminary

Googling of your topic to find such key words. These are the key words you’ll type into the APUS

library search to find articles.

Broad Key Words Specific Key Words