Creswell (2017) argues that the question is not can a research topic be researched, but should a research topic be researched. Assess and explain why and how a topic for research is chosen: How does the researcher understand if the topic can and should be researched?

What will be an ideal response?


Creswell shares that a research topic can be done if there are participants who are willing to be a part of the study, if the researcher has the skills to collect the data, and if there is a way to analyze data from the study. The research topic should be done if this topic then adds to or extends the current body of knowledge of the discipline, take a new perspective on studying the topic, if it helps to lift up the voices of underrepresented populations, or replicates studies to provide new findings with new participants or contexts,

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