Using the feedback you received on your problem statement in Week 3, revise your problem statements, referring to the Writing a Problem Statement (Links to an external site.). Augment your problem statements with your proposed purpose statement, following the guidelines in the Guide to Preparing a Purpose Statement (Links to an external site.). Include a summary paragraph that identifies changes to the problem statement you made based on instructor feedback. Submit your assignment by Day 7 of Week 4.
Note: You will finalize your problem and purpose statements in the Letter of Intent assignment due in Week 8.
Remember that the Problem Statement should:
Contain at least one or two paragraphs that convey the relevance of the over-arching topic in which the general and specific problems are grounded.
Identify a general problem associated with the topic that supports the need for additional research.
Identify a specific problem that is aligned with and related to the general problem, and that indicates what is problematic, how it is problematic and for whom it is problematic.
Be thoughtfully supported with evidence from current literature that reinforces the relevance of the topic, as well as the importance of the general and specific problems.
Conclude with a statement that explains how research could address the specific problem.
Your Purpose Statement should:
Articulate a specific reason for conducting the proposed research in one or two sentences.
Align with the general and specific problem statements.
Identify the methodology, the study population and the geographic location for the study.
Be thoughtfully supported with references to current literature that support the relevance of the study.
