From the course: Writing a Research Paper
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Understanding the topic
- What's the research paper's topic? Sometimes deciding what actual topic to research can be one of the most challenging parts. Sometimes you're given a specific topic. For example, compare and contrast right and left brain learning characteristics or evaluate the causes and effects of fad diets. Other times, you may be given a general idea or topic and be asked to narrow that general topic. The assignment might be as broad as research some current controversial topic that interests you or maybe a little more defined, research the characteristics of one of the four generations in the workplace. In those cases, the broad topic must continue to be narrowed. Even if the topic is more specific, such as the causes and effects of fad diets, it still needs to be narrowed. A quick search of that topic shows over four million results with titles such as spotting fad diets, and ten red flags for fad diets, and the danger of fad diets. The titles continue with the truth behind fad diets, the…
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