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Below are sources of information about formulating a research problem and posing research questions. These sites have both general information about developing a research problem and specific information about concepts such as types of variables.

Independent and Dependent Variables
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mstark/exp101/expvars.html
A lucid explanation of independent and dependent variables.

Developing a Problem Statement
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/phklass/eaf410/paper/problem.htm
Characteristics of the problem statement.

Qualitative Research Proposals
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~musi0012/guideline2.HTM
A guideline for developing qualitative research proposals.



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