Hey Jinx_58!
To consider something means to think deliberately and carefully about that something. You are showing an informed application of your understanding of the content. In order to do this, you need to:
- Ensure that you address every aspect of the research question/claim, and major factors that could potentially impact the dependent variable/s (being careful to not include information that isn’t relevant or important for addressing the research question)
- Ensure that your rationale follows a good structure - think of your rationale as a funnel through which you feed the reader information. You start really broad and slowly work your way down to the specifics. This funnel allows for you to show that you have really put thought into the development of the rationale and research question
- Ensure that the theory you discuss supports the modifications you have made to the methodology
A reasonable rationale would be one that displays a sound application of scientific concepts that relate to the research question, but may miss some of the important concepts. Further, the rationale may not contain enough theory to adequately support the modifications you have made.
Hope this helps!
Katelyn