Another Good Method for Focusing a Topic- Ask the Five Ws
To further Focus or Narrow Your Topic, ask questions about it. Consider the five Ws when trying to figure out what you want to research:
- Who? Limit your topic to a specific person or group.
- What? Limit your topic to a particular aspect of the topic or discipline
- Where? Limit your topic to a particular place or region.
- When? Limit your topic to a particular period of time
- Why? Ask why the topic is important.
You can limit your topic in more than one way. For example limit it to a "who" and a "what" or a "when" and a "where".
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SUICIDE
- Assisted suicide
- Religious beliefs
- Cultural views
- Demographics
- Statistics on methods
- Mental illness
- Relationship to substance abuse
- Legal issues
- Impact on survivors
- Guilt
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MARIJUANA
- Medical use
- Legalization, regulation,taxation
- Neurobiological effects
- History of use by early cultures
- Gateway drug?
- Other uses as a crop
- Countries, regions affected
- Intoxication versus effects of alcohol
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ANIMAL RIGHTS
- Animals: fur, fashion, and leather.
- Fur industry
- Political movements
- Philosophical origins
- Major interest groups
- Ethical aspects of using animals as sport
- Animals as subjects in scientific experiments
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AIDS
- Origins of epidemic
- Demographics
- Legal issues/discrimination
- Incidence in women
- Prevention
- Children with AIDS in schools
- Incidence in men
- Education programs
- Medications and how they work
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