Your topic is probably too broad when: you find too many sources or too much information–more than you could reasonably look through. you realize you won’t have enough space in your paper to cover everything about your topic that you want to cover.
What makes a question broad?
But what makes them broad is that they have multiple acceptable answers, while narrow questions have only one acceptable answer. Broad questions can be about either general or specific topics. Broad questions can be about science content.
How to tell if a question is too broad?
The top answer to your question is a list, and the second answer directs you to a Wikipedia article. Those are both good indicators that you’ve asked a question that’s too broad. You must log in to answer this question. Not the answer you’re looking for? Browse other questions tagged discussion too-broad .
What is the line between Broad and too broad?
What is the line between broad and too broad? As I understand “question put on Hold because: TOO broad” mean that a question is not only broad, but TOO broad for an good answer (and therefore the question should be put on hold to be refined or closed).
Is the research question too broad or too narrow?
Your research to answer this question may include observation of print, television and radio advertisements as well as research into various current marketing theories and strategies. Both types of research are “do-able,” and the question is focused enough to yield a fully-developed research paper.
How to broaden a topic that is too narrow?
Instead of writing about the depiction of time travel in all of popular culture, you can write just about one TV show. To broaden a topic is too narrow, use this strategy in the reverse. Try to come up with broader categories into which your topic fits, and then choose one of those categories as your topic.
