Unit 6: Database Features and Searching Techniques Part 1

Practice Question Portion
Through this journey I found myself asking, "what would give me more results?"  I had to go through a process to come up with my FINAL STATEMENT  I hope you don't mind , but I started with my first statement and then explain the process I went through to come up with the FINAL STATEMENT.


1. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the
1930s and the current economic problems?

I first wrote down,

similarities great depression and current economic

I had way too many words so I then established this statement, 

great depression and economics

Remembering the information I obtained in the IRIS tutorials and the videos, I came up with my 

FINAL STATEMENT; 

great depression and econ*

2. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets? 

I first wrote down,,

best dog and therapy pet

It seemed wordy  so I came up with this statement,

dog for therapy pet

Then I realized that pet may limit the search and I remembered the "and" rule, so I came up with this

FINAL STATEMENT,

dog and therapy

3. Are big box stores like WalMart and Target good for the economy?

I first wrote down,,

Walmart and target and economy

But I began to question what am I comparing so I wrote down, 

economy and (Walmart or Target)

But then I remembered that spelling an entire word  limits the search, so I came up with this

FINAL STATEMENT, 

econ* and (Walmart or Target),

4. Will presidential election reform solve the issues with the electoral 

college and the popular vote? 

This was a tough one for me. I first wrote down,, 

election reform and electoral college and popular vote

I felt that this was a bit wordy, so I tried to concise the statement. 

election reform and (electoral college or popular)

I still felt that I had too much information and since electoral college is associated with the election  I established this

FINAL STATEMENT,

reform and (electoral college or popular)

5. How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over 

someone with a high school diploma? 

I first wrote down,

income and college grad* and high school;

Thinking that the grad needed to be there to show completion, but then I thought that just  stating the two levels of education would be enough, so I came up with,

income and college and high school

But then I realized what I was comparing two items and there was a different synonym for high school that could be used, so the phrase could be different. So this is my 

FINAL STATEMENT,

income and (college or secon*)