There are several qualities of research question and these includes: clear, concise, elegant, theoretically rich and. grammatically correctness, Bryman (2007: 6) textbook writers have almost ritualistically extoled the significance and importance of the clear research questions. This consequently means that if the research question is not good enough, the research is bound to fail. A clear research question should be clear so that other people can easily understand the nature of the research. That is, it should be free from any traits that would qualify it as ambiguous thus resulting in different interpretations amongst various people. In essence, it leaves no doubt about what is to be studied and provides …show more content…
Marre (2011: ) discussed prevent the researcher from drifting from their original purpose and interest. In underpinning the role a research question plays, Bryman used the particularistic and universalistic discourses to determine the status of a research question in the research design. The role a of research question, considering the particularistic and universalistic discourses raised by Bryman. Bryman (2007)
The particularistic discourse according to most scholars, asserts that there is need to tailor decisions about how research is done to research questions. This emphasizes the decisions about methods and other aspects of the conduct of research stem from the research question …show more content…
The first section focused on the conceptual issues and the literature review. The second section looked into the types of research question in a social research and their qualities. The third discussed the importance of a research question in a social research question. The attention of the discussion was drawn to an article by Bryman: The Research Question in Social Research: What is its role? The writers of this paper are in support of the view point that a research is pivotal in a social research process and that it guards jealously against unethical behaviors researchers may entertain. It has come out vivid that there is no how any form of research can be undertaken without a question, be it social science would need a research question while natural sciences will need a hypothesis. All in all, a research question is lead question in resolving a problem or investigation