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Memo 6: Creating Research Questions & Tracing Complex Cause and Effect


 * 1) Using the information gathered during the RPI EcoEd Research session, answer the following questions:
 * 2) What constitutes a “good” research question?
 * 3) What constitutes a “bad” research question?
 * 4) Using the definition that you created in Question 1, modify the following questions to maximize their research potential:
 * 5) How does pollution affect plants?
 * 6) Does bad weather make roads more dangerous?
 * 7) Do people lead better lives when they live in a better community?
 * 8) Create three research questions using the skills that you have gathered during the lesson and previous two questions. Include all necessary citations, and add them to Zotero.
 * 9) Pick one of your research questions from Question 3. Create a Cause & Effect Map similar to the one used during the lesson. Add your research question to the center circle. Above the center circle, map all of the effects of the problem. Below the center circle, map all of the causes of the problem.
 * 10) Examine your content map, and identify potential stakeholders. Remember what you learned about stakeholders in Memo 1. Notice how the Cause & Effect map help visualize the different parties connected to the central issue.
 * 11) Research some of the specific causes and effects of your chosen issue. Has your county tried to address any of the causes or effects of your problem? Add the information to your concept map, and add the relevant sources to Zotero.
 * 12) After examining the complex cause and effect aspects of the issue, what alterations would you make to your original research questions? Why? Rewrite your question, if applicable.
 * 13) Identify other potential problems and research questions that you want to use in your final paper.