Devise a research question in your field of interest. Include background information for the research question, including its significance for the field of interest and why this topic was chosen. You can develop, if applicable, two or three hypotheses related to the research question and provide a brief research approach to address the question.

For example, if you are studying the effects of sleep on reflexes, you might formulate the following research question: What are the effects of sleep on reflexes? A similar question might be: Does sleep have an effect on reflexes? Or: Is maximum reflex efficiency achieved after eight hours of sleep? The goal of your research is to find the answer to the research question.

A hypothesis is a statement that can be proved or disproved. A research question can be made into a hypothesis by changing it into a statement. For example, the third research question above can be made into the hypothesis: Maximum reflex efficiency is achieved after eight hours of sleep.

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