Narrowing Down by Basma.Elkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a Exercise for narrowing down en-us 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC 2025-10-28 22:38:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Relationship -- Designing a study around the relationships between parts of a topic can help constrict the scope of analysis [e.g., cause/effect, problem/solution]. basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573976 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573976 Combination -- use two or more of the above strategies to focus your topic very narrowly. basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573977 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573977 Place -- generally, the smaller the place, the more narrow the focus [e.g., rather than study trade relations in West Africa, study trade relations between Niger and Cameroon]. basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573981 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573981 Components -- determine if the topic can be broken into smaller parts, [e.g., a study of tobacco use among adolescents can focus on just chewing tobacco rather than all forms of usage or, rather than adolescents in general, focus on female adolescents in a certain age range who choose to use tobacco]. smoking cigarettes among 15 to 18 year old females basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573982 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573982 Aspect -- choose one lens through which to view the research problem, or look at just one facet of it [e.g., rather than studying the role of water or food in South Asian religions, study the role of water in Hindu ceremonies, or, the role of one particular type of food among several religions]. basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573983 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573983 Time -- the shorter the time period of the study, the more narrow the focus [e.g., study of trade relations between Niger and Cameroon during the period of 2010 - 2018]. basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573985 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573985 Type -- focus your topic in terms of a specific type or class of people, places, gender, or phenomena [e.g., a study of developing safer traffic patterns near schools can focus on SUVs, or just student drivers, or just the timing of traffic signals in the area] basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573986 2021-05-08 22:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505573986 Narrow down the topic of 'water' basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505575263 Lakes impact on climate; causes and effects

the solutions for the pollution of the pacific ocean]]> 2021-05-08 22:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505575263 Narrow down the topic of 'air' basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505577740 the solutions of air pollution during the period of 2015 - 2020]]> 2021-05-08 22:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505577740 Narrow down the topic of 'education' basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505578049 Women's education in the 19th century in Egypt.

Non-formal education in the middle east

The solutions of the education system in a poor country such as Uganda]]> 2021-05-08 22:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505578049 Narrow down the topic of 'violence' basmaelkholy https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1505578324 Verbal violence against women

the causes and effects of School bullying.

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online education
data science]]> 2021-05-11 07:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/basmaelkholy/lia6jror5g4wus5a/wish/1512419712