This handout is available for download in PDF format. Articulating your research topic can seem intimidating, particularly when you are just beginning your research. How can you convincingly explain ...

Focus Your Research: It narrows down a broad topic into a specific area of inquiry. Guide Your Methodology: It determines the type of data you need and how you will collect it. Provide Clarity: It ...

When it comes to choosing a dissertation topic, students in the lab sciences have it the easiest. Because their funding comes from their adviser’s lab, their dissertations will typically be carved out ...

Carrying out research requires a degree of self-motivation. If the topic that you have chosen to study is neither interesting nor important to you, then it seems likely that you will become ...

How to write the topic, research objective (s) and research question (s) & Why research methods are essential. What "research methodology" is & The data collection process.

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. In my first post about topic models, I discussed what topic models are, how they ...

How many times have you said these words? A student comes for help on a research assignment, and you can tell they are still lost inside an overly broad topic. So you ask, “Have you tried narrowing it ...