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CharlieWard · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

An assistant superintendent in charge of public relations wants to make a content analysis of the two local newspapers to determine the adequacy of their coverage of school news. This proposed research problem does not meet the criterion that the problem should

a. be one that is researchable.
b. be suitable for the particular researcher.
c. be one for which the data necessary to answer the question are available.
d. not be too broad or general.
e. lead to new problems and further research.

Question 2

Students who enrolled in an introductory research course often find the task of selecting a research problem difficult because

a. one must select a problem when one's knowledge of the research process is limited.
b. there is not a foundation of previous research in education upon which to build.
c. experience and knowledge in one's area seem to have little relationship to the conduct of research in that area.there is a paucity of researchable problems for beginning researchers in education.