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Read Chapter 7 of Creswell and Creswell (2023): Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches.
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Study Guiding Research Questions(Word document) from the DBA Student Guides on how to draft guiding research questions.
Pick a problem to provide as the basis of the guiding research questions you will develop.
For the purposes of this exercise, it doesn’t matter which problem you select, as long as you are reasonably familiar with its details.
If you already have an identified problem for your ADP, use that problem as the basis of your guiding research questions.
Develop a set of four guiding research questions based on your selected problem. Use the following four categories for your questions, as described in the background information section above:
One question regarding a general knowledge gap – Something we would need to know in order to generate possible solutions to the problem.
One best practices question.
One benchmarking question.
One methodology question.
Write a short paper, 250-500 words in length, with your guiding research questions:
First, briefly explain the problem you are focusing on for this assignment.
Then, list your guiding research questions.
Your paper should be properly formatted per APA guidelines. Utilize the guidance and concepts from your reading assignments above. Cite your sources and provide a correctly formatted reference list.
Do not feel limited by the reading assignments above in your analysis. Feel free to branch out to find additional sources that may aid with your analysis or support your inferences. In other words, don’t hesitate to conduct a little research!
Submit your paper by the end of the workshop.
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Guiding Questions for Exploring Potential Solutions
Most research problems are too large or complex to be solved without subdividing them. A good
strategy, then, is to divide and conquer. Almost any problem can be broken down into smaller
units, or subproblems—in the form of specific questions—that are easier to address and resolve.
Furthermore, by viewing the main problem through its subproblems, a researcher can often get a
better idea of how to approach the entire research endeavor. (Leedy & Ormrod, 2016, p. 36)
In addition to the main problem and subproblems, other areas in need of literature review are also identified.
The overall aim in this step is to identify guiding research questions that will be used in the Exploring Potential
Solutions milestone (a literature review).
So, what is the distinction between the overarching research question and the guiding research questions?
The overarching question is the main question to be answered through the completion of the Applied
Doctoral Project. Whereas, the guiding questions are those that flow from the driving research question as
well as questions resulting from the process of identifying facts known, assumptions, knowledge gaps,
hypotheses, ideas, and hunches—all of which are centric to the research problem.
Process of Identifying Guiding Research Questions
1. Write down the overarching research question.
2. Write down the statement of the problem, highlighting the general problem and the specific
problem statement.
3. Identify the subproblems.
4. Identify the specific things (concepts/topics) that you need to learn more about with respect to
each subproblem.
5. Locate and have visible the notes and or graphic illustrations of the known facts, assumptions,
unknown facts, gaps in knowledge, hypotheses, ideas, and hunches. Based on them, add to the
subproblems and concepts/topics that need to be addressed to help answer the overarching
research question and to address the overall problem and subproblems.
6. Identify approximately 7–10 guiding research questions for the literature review in the Exploring
Potential Solutions milestone.
TIP: Consider using mind mapping (manually or electronically) or other visual means to help you identify the key areas
that need to be researched as part of your literature review in the Exploring Potential Solutions milestone. When
mind mapping in preparation for the literature review, write the driving research question in the center or at the top
of the page. It is the “one main thing” throughout all of your doctoral research. As a small rudder steers the largest
of ships (James 3:4), so should the driving research question steer your research activities.
See, for example, “Generic Mind Map of Focus Questions for a Literature Review” in Reviewing the Literature: A Short
Guide for Research Students, located on page 19.
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