Description
The topic: How does bipolar disorder affect relationships?
DIRECTIONS:
1. Using the same topic you will use for their Research Question Paper assignment, research at least 5 web sites, 5 scholarly sources related to the topic.
2. List key words and phrases you have used to “flesh out” the topic and what results each key word or phrase search yielded (i.e. bias, data, etc).
3. Identify one issue within that topic and phrase a research question suitable for writing a research proposal on the topic.
4. Write a brief paper (3-4 page paper in APA style including in-text citations and a reference page) in which you explain the following:
How did you narrow down your search to a specific topic suitable for this paper?
Which key words or phrases were most beneficial to finding credible sources?
What seemed to be the most extreme or polarizing issues of this topic?
What sites seem to present the most credible information?
How did you determine what made a site credible?
How are they different from the sites that are not as credible or more polarized?
What key words or phrases led you to the more credible sites?
How did you narrow down your key word search?
How were the scholarly sources different or similar to the internet sources?
d. How did you come to choose and refine your research question?