Research a question · Phase 2 of 6
Find your focus
Narrow the topic until it's a question you can actually answer with the sources you can reach. Sketch a provisional outline as a hypothesis, and expect to change it.
Phases overlap. Expect to come back to this one as your question sharpens and your reading turns up new leads.
- Purpose
- When you need it
- How to do it
- Try it
- Common mistakes
- Limits
- Related
- Sources & further reading
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3- Narrow the Topic Until You Can FinishPlanned
- Turn a Topic into a QuestionPlanned
- Outline as a Working HypothesisPlanned