How can you narrow your topic?
One way is to ask questions: Who? What? Why? Where? When?. Check out the example below and use our Developing a Research Question worksheet to help you narrow your own topic.
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For example: If your topic is "Eating disorders" you can refine it by asking these questions
Who?
Women, men, adolescents, college students, athletes etc.
What?
Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, government legislation, public service announcements etc.
Where?
New York, United States, college campuses etc.
Why?
Advertising, media representations, peer pressure, psychological factors etc.
When?
Now, 20th Century, Victorian era, 1980s-present etc.
Using these questions, you could narrow your topic to:
Changes in treatment for binge-eating disorders from 1980s to the present.
Causes and treatments of bulimia in college athletes.