To come up with a thesis statement for your research essay, you must:

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Explanation:

because if you dont hypothesis then you cant really have a conclusion then you wont have a thesis statement

answer: this is not a good thesis statement because a thesis statement is not supposed to have questions in it. a thesis states your position on your topic. a question cannot state anything because it is not a statement. a question is a great lead in to a thesis, but it can't be the thesis.