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This document provides guidance on writing a problem statement and research question(s) for a study. It recommends that the problem statement contain six key items: the methodology, data collection methods, participants, location of the study, topic being studied, and purpose. An example problem statement is given that interviews and analyzes journals of 4 Latina middle school girls attending an urban public high school to determine how they use writing to negotiate adolescence. It notes that writing the problem statement and research question(s) is the most difficult part of any study.
This document provides guidance on writing a problem statement and research question(s) for a study. It recommends that the problem statement contain six key items: the methodology, data collection methods, participants, location of the study, topic being studied, and purpose. An example problem statement is given that interviews and analyzes journals of 4 Latina middle school girls attending an urban public high school to determine how they use writing to negotiate adolescence. It notes that writing the problem statement and research question(s) is the most difficult part of any study.
This document provides guidance on writing a problem statement and research question(s) for a study. It recommends that the problem statement contain six key items: the methodology, data collection methods, participants, location of the study, topic being studied, and purpose. An example problem statement is given that interviews and analyzes journals of 4 Latina middle school girls attending an urban public high school to determine how they use writing to negotiate adolescence. It notes that writing the problem statement and research question(s) is the most difficult part of any study.
Alecia Jackson Dept. of LES Appalachian State University
Writing the Problem Statement & Research Question(s)
What do you want to know? You should be able to state your problem in a sentence or two. The statement of the problem should contain at least these 6 items: (1) your methodology, e.g., In this interpretive study, (2) the methods you will use to collect data, e.g., I will interview and analyze their journals (3) your participants, e.g., 4 Latina middle-school girls, (4) where the study will take place, e.g. who attend an urban public high school in a large western city" (5) what you are studying, e.g., in order to determine how they use journal writing to help them negotiate the joys and difficulties of adolescence. In this interpretive study, I will interview 4 Latina middle-school girls who attend an urban public high school in a large western city and analyze their journals in order to determine how they use journal writing to help them negotiate the joys and difficulties of adolescence. Writing the problem statement and the research question(s) is the most difficult step in any study. Research question(s) follow the problem statement.
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