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It's not your grandparents' research paper anymore--a dry exercise designed to demonstrate certain skills, with little connection to the real world. Today's research is all about fending answers to real questions.

A researcher might ask three types of questions, depending on the subject and purpose of the research project. The research ladder is an easy way to remember those three kinds of questions.

On the first level, the researcher seeks basic facts. Questions here ask Who? What? Where? and When? Level 1 questions about child labor might include: What is child labor? and Who were some important reformers in the 19th and 20th centuries? The answers to these questions are fairly direct.

On the second level, however, the questions are more open-ended. The researcher seeks to analyze a topic. Questions here ask Why? and How? The answers usually can't be found in almanacs and encyclopedias. They often require the researcher to consult multiple sources and to make comparisons, link cause and effect, or identify steps in a process. Level 2 questions about child labor might include Why does a country allow child labor to exist? and How can individuals work to end child labor?

On the third level of research are rhetorical questions--questions asked in order to make a point. Writers ask rhetorical questions not to inform (Level 1) or analyze (Level 2), but to persuade--based upon research. A Level 3 question might be If child labor is unacceptable for American kids, then why is it acceptable for children in Thailand or Brazil? The answer to such a question cannot be found in newspapers or books, on the Internet, or in reports. It is within each individual.

To begin your next research report, list the questions you want your research to answer. Start on Level 1 with the simplest questions; then use the information you find to create your Level 2 questions. The answers to those, in turn, will help you form opinions and make judgments about your subject. Once you have opinions about the subject, you are ready to move to the highest rung on the research ladder: using rhetorical questions to persuade others to agree with your perspective.



Source Citation: Gourley, Catherine. "Climb the research ladder: here's how to plan a research paper based on questions you want to answer. (Trends)." Writing! 25.3 (Nov-Dec 2002): 19(1). InfoTrac OneFile. Thomson Gale. University of Phoenix. 21 June 2007
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