WILSON 1989

Question 1

These ask the question “What is this?” These questions are sometimes called factor-naming questions because they isolate, categorize, describe, or name factors and situations.

Answer 1

FACTOR-ISOLATING QUESTIONS

Question 2

These ask the question “What is happening here?” The goal of these questions is to determine the relationship among factors that have been identified.

Answer 2

FACTOR-RELATING QUESTIONS

Question 3

These ask the question “What will happen if…?” These questions usually yield hypothesis testing or experimental study designs is which the researcher manipulates the variables to see what will happen.

Answer 3

SITUATION-RELATING QUESTIONS

Question 4

These ask the question “How can I make it happen?” These questions establish explicit goals for actions, develop plans or prescriptions to achieve goals, and specify the conditions under which these goals will be accomplished.

Answer 4

SITUATUON-PRODUCING QUESTIONS