Online Guide to Writing and Research
Chapter 7: Assessing Your Writing
The Research Stage
In this stage, you should emphasize the nature and scope of your research,
ensuring that you have kept orderly and complete notes, performed an adequate
survey of the research, and have your supporting ideas ready to develop into
your first draft. In the research stage, you should be able to answer in detail
the following questions:
Checklist for the The Research
Stage |
| ____ |
How [well] does my research question describe the scope and slant
of my topic? |
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How extensive is my initial survey of possible resources for my
topic? |
| ____ |
Are my research notes methodical, complete, and orderly? Are they
clear about what is quoted, paraphrased, and summarized from my research? |
| ____ |
What other idea-generating techniques did I use—brainstorming,
keeping a journal or research log, freewriting? |
| ____ |
Are my bibliography notes complete with all citations and bibliographical
data on every source, and are they representative of the survey of
my topic? |
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