You are formulating a research question about whether or not Native
Americans have a more difficult time accessing social services than
members of other groups. In order to better formulate your research
question you should:
A. Consider writing a question regarding the relationship
between the two variables (ethnicity/access)
B. Consider writing a question comparing the two groups (Native
American/Non Native American
C. Conduct a literature review to find relevant articles pertaining
to Native Americans and their use of social services to help in
the direction of writing the question.
D. Consider writing a question about whether or not Native
Americans perceive social services as being useful to them in
the first place.
Students have gathered their articles for their literature review. What
will be the first step in beginning the literature review?
A. Organize the articles in related topics
B. Critically review each article
C. Look for more articles as you can never have enough
information
D. Begin writing the literature review
In doing a literature review Mary finds an article that really addresses
her topic. She finds that the organization that funded the research is a
special interest group who has a strong opinion on the issue.
Mary
wonders if she should cite this article. She should probably:
A. cite the article, because everyone has an opinion on this issue
B. not cite the article as the group may have exerted undue
influence over what is in the report.
C. Make sure she also offers the other side of the issue in her
report.
D. Change her topic