Examples
A strong research question is focused, researchable, significant, and answerable with an appropriate method. These examples show useful structures rather than one universal formula.
01How does bedtime use of short-form social media relate to sleep quality among first-year university students?
Why it works
Defines a behavior, outcome, and population without assuming causation.
02How do first-generation students describe the hidden curriculum of postgraduate admissions?
Why it works
Uses an exploratory form suited to lived experience.
03To what extent does retrieval practice improve delayed vocabulary recall compared with rereading among adult language learners?
Why it works
Names the intervention, comparison, outcome, and population.
04What factors influence small retailers’ adoption of digital inventory systems?
Why it works
Invites analysis of multiple drivers in a bounded setting.
05How accurately do three open-source models classify locally collected plant-disease images?
Why it works
Establishes a comparison, task, dataset, and measurable outcome.
06What is the relationship between perceived school belonging and attendance among ninth-grade students?
Why it works
Frames an association that can be tested without causal overreach.
Check your wording
- Name the central phenomenon, variables, or intervention.
- Define the relevant population, system, or body of evidence.
- Add a setting, comparison, or period only when it improves precision.
- Use wording that matches the evidence your method can produce.