Discussion Questions: Research Process
- Describe a research project you have recently done, whether for a class, job or personal interest. What sources did you use? How did you find them? What standards did you use to choose your sources? Did you disagree with any of your sources? How did that conflict affect your understanding of the issue?
- Describe events in your personal life when it was (or would have been) helpful to be able to locate information to help making decisions, make repairs or resolve an issue. Did you find the information you needed? Were you successful?
- Describe a research study that you learned about in the news. What type of study was performed to gather the data?
