Formulating Specific Research Questions and Research Hypotheses
Writing Research Proposals in Applied Linguistics - A. Mehdi Riazi
A. Mehdi Riazi [+]
Macquarie University
A. Mehdi Riazi is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney.
Description
• What do we mean by a Research question/hypothesis? • What is the relationship between theory and research questions/hypotheses? • A typology of questions and hypotheses: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods • Constructing an argument around research questions and hypotheses; what is clear and what is obscure, what is inductive and what is deductive, what is explicit and what is implicit. Identifying fallacies in argument in a Research Proposal • Mastering the language and discourse of a Research Proposal Reflective Tasks