![[TIES 2025-06-06-16.svg]] %%[[TIES 2025-06-06-16|🖋 Edit in Excalidraw]]%% (i) find a fascinating, unanswered question (ii) clarify how answering this question would relate to some broader theory (and associated literature) in the field, or help refine, modify or test this theory;  (iii) demonstrate genuine engagement with, and understanding of the phenomenon under study;  (iv) bring to bear a compelling research design on the question so that the proposed answer is convincing.