Comparative Politics

Research Question

How do you develop your question:

  • Determine the requirements of your assignment
  • Choose a topic 
  • Conduct preliminary research
  • Narrow down your topic
  • Write your question

Your question may change or be modified when you're conducting your research and that is OK!

Developing Keywords

Developing your keywords:

If you are working on developing a research question or thesis statement, use your question to find your search terms by identifying a few of the most important concepts

Some other tricks:

  • Use synonyms for your words
  • Find other keywords in research you have already identified as valuable to your paper
  • Look through references to identify other citations you can look at around the same topic
  • Use and or in your searching
  • Combine keywords
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