{"id":539,"date":"2022-03-21T05:41:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&p=539"},"modified":"2022-06-28T21:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T01:16:24","slug":"research-sub-questions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/research-sub-questions\/","title":{"raw":"Research Sub-Questions","rendered":"Research Sub-Questions"},"content":{"raw":"Often, in order to answer our main research question, we need to answer a series of smaller sub-questions.\r\n\r\nTake a look at this image of a tree. It\u2019s a drawing by Bruno Munari, an Italian writer and artist. According to Munari (2013), we can observe two patterns of growth for a tree with two branches:\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_234\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"457\"]\"Hand-painted<\/a> Bruno Munari, Drawing a tree (Corraini Edizioni 2004) \u00a9 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.[\/caption]\r\n
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  1. The branch that follows is always slenderer than the one before.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Starting with the trunk dividing into two limbs, each limb will subsequently divide into two<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThink of research questions and research sub-questions like this tree. Your main question is the trunk. Your research sub-questions are narrower, more specific questions that branch off the trunk, your main question, but are still connected to the trunk. Like the branches in this tree, your research sub-questions can even yield sub-questions of their own.\r\n

    References<\/h1>\r\nMunari, B. (2013). Drawing a Tree<\/em>. Mantua, Italy: Edizioni Corraini.","rendered":"

    Often, in order to answer our main research question, we need to answer a series of smaller sub-questions.<\/p>\n

    Take a look at this image of a tree. It\u2019s a drawing by Bruno Munari, an Italian writer and artist. According to Munari (2013), we can observe two patterns of growth for a tree with two branches:<\/p>\n

    \"Hand-painted<\/a>
    Bruno Munari, Drawing a tree (Corraini Edizioni 2004) \u00a9 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    1. The branch that follows is always slenderer than the one before.<\/li>\n
    2. Starting with the trunk dividing into two limbs, each limb will subsequently divide into two<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Think of research questions and research sub-questions like this tree. Your main question is the trunk. Your research sub-questions are narrower, more specific questions that branch off the trunk, your main question, but are still connected to the trunk. Like the branches in this tree, your research sub-questions can even yield sub-questions of their own.<\/p>\n

      References<\/h1>\n

      Munari, B. (2013). Drawing a Tree<\/em>. Mantua, Italy: Edizioni Corraini.<\/p>\n

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