Question

Rey presented an informative speech on earthquakes. He described the structural causes of earthquakes, how they develop, which areas of the earth are prone to quakes, how quakes are measured, the damage they do, and what to do when one hits. The speech became dry, the audience's attention declined, and Rey's speech exceeded the time limit by three minutes. From this description, what was Rey's mistake?a. Poor topic selection
b. Lack of appropriate research
c. Incoherent organization
d. Failing to narrow his topic

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Failing to narrow his topic

Explanation:

"You could experience a number of problems if your topic is too broad, including:

   You find too many information sources and, as a consequence, it is difficult to decide what to include or exclude or what are the most important.

   You find information that is too general and, as a consequence, it is difficult to develop a clear framework for examining the research problem.

   A lack of sufficient parameters that clearly define the research problem makes it difficult to identify and apply the proper methods needed to analyze it.

   You find information that covers a wide variety of concepts or ideas that can't be integrated into one paper and, as a consequence, you easily trail off into unnecessary tangents. "

Reference: University of Southern California. “Research Guides: Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: Narrowing a Topic Idea.” Narrowing a Topic Idea - Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper - Research Guides at University of Southern California, 2019