Evaluating Research Questions
Write: In your initial post of at least 550 words, using Practice 1.1 on pages 16-17 of your course text, complete the following:
- Explain whether each of the four research questions is clearly specified.
- If it is not, then identify what parts are too broad or too narrow.
- Rephrase the question(s) so that it is clearly specified.
- Why do presidents spend so much time talking about foreign policy during the campaign when only 1–2% of voters base their votes on it?
- How do countries’ economic interests affect their positions on the conflict in Syria?
- Why did the British election of 2010 produce a Conservative minority government?
- Does international law cause states to change their behavior?
