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The phrase "define a question" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want someone to clarify or specify what a particular question means or entails.
Example: "Before we proceed, let's define a question to ensure everyone understands the topic we are discussing."
Alternatives: "clarify a question" or "specify a question."
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But often there is a problem that is very complicated, one that you know enough about to constrain a theory but not enough to define a question you can answer.
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We decided to work with 4 common stakeholder roles, namely: manager, software architect, evaluator, end-user/client; and defined a question set for each role accordingly.
The JLA defines a question as being unanswered if either (1) no recent (within the past 3 years) reliable systematic reviews of research evidence addressing the question exist; or (2) up-to-date systematic reviews of research evidence show that uncertainty still persists.
Furthermore, we defined a question-taxonomy and evaluated whether certain categories within a taxonomy lend themselves better for formulating well defined (and unambiguous) queries.
This session of the pre-conference preceded the session on the skills needed to define a clinical question and search for the evidence to answer that question.
The way I define a Beautiful Question in the book is: "An ambitious, yet actionable, question that can begin to change the way we think about something--and might serve as a catalyst to bring about change".
When we teach students to think and act like scientists we start with the general scientific method [11]: Define a research question What is the scope of the work?
In promotional materials, "An Unreasonable Man" has the ungainly tagline "Ralph Nader: How Do You Define a Legacy?" — a question that Mr. Nader insists does not concern him in the least.
We define a focused clinical question as a clinical- or practice-based query that is important, relevant, and specific.
Pose a question, define a problem, or indicate a theme that you would like to address, and questions that arise from contemporary research.
Graduate student proposals must define a basic research question in the geosciences (broadly defined).
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