Framing your research question

Question frameworks are used to help you turn your research question into the searches you will need for databases and search engines

SPICE

SPICE – was formulated to assist in the development of research questions evaluating policies, services and experiences of specific phenomenon.

Setting
  • Where is this taking place?
Perspective
  • Whose perspective are you interested in?
  • How are you defining this population?
Intervention
  • How is this issue being dealt with?
Comparison
  • What alternative method are you comparing this with?
Evaluation
  • How was success measured in the studies you used?
  • What do you need to measure?