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**euylvaygdq** · 09-22-2012, 05:07 AM

Quote[/b] ]I go to a Christian college so i am forced to make those types of questions. I didnt come to this school for the religion,i came for the education.

Beware of an institution of higher learning that "forces" you to ask specific types of questions. Agenda driven research is confounded by a confirmation bias, and it isn't worth doing. I teach at a public university (research methods and various other courses) and I would never tell my students what questions to ask. My role is to teach them to think critically, and let that process take them wherever it leads. However, a good research question is predicated on some a priori observations that cause one to think the question is worth answering. Is this an anthropology course, comparative religions, sociology, or something else?

09-22-2012, 05:07 AM	#12
euylvaygdq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 624 Senior Member	Quote[/b] ]I go to a Christian college so i am forced to make those types of questions. I didnt come to this school for the religion,i came for the education. Beware of an institution of higher learning that "forces" you to ask specific types of questions. Agenda driven research is confounded by a confirmation bias, and it isn't worth doing. I teach at a public university (research methods and various other courses) and I would never tell my students what questions to ask. My role is to teach them to think critically, and let that process take them wherever it leads. However, a good research question is predicated on some a priori observations that cause one to think the question is worth answering. Is this an anthropology course, comparative religions, sociology, or something else?
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