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Problem Statements and Research Questions

PART A

The moodle shell for this week contains two example research papers produced by researchers at the University of Ballarat (Federation University's predecessor) - "Understanding victims of identity theft: A Grounded Theory approach" and "Zero-day malware detection based on supervised learning algorithms of API call signatures". Both papers address issues related to cybersecurity, but they take very different approaches as they use different research paradigms.

As a group, look through these two papers and determine what the key aspects of their problem statement are (these may not be directly stated as a Problem Statement, but can be determined from the Abstract and Introduction sections). For each paper establish:
• What is the problem area?
• What is the aim of the paper?
• What (if any) scoping restrictions are placed on the research?
• What are the research questions? (these may be stated explicitly, or may be implied).

Which paper takes a quantitative approach and which is qualitative? What aspects of the research problem led the researchers to adopt these approaches?

PART B

Perform a similar analysis for some of the papers which you have previously identified during your literature review search. Consider these critically - are the research questions well aligned with the stated aims of the research?

When you have identified the problem statement and research questions for each paper, show these to your tutor so they can provide feedback on your analysis of the paper.

PART C

Based on what you have learnt about problem statements and the literature reading you have done so far, start drafting a problem statement and research questions for your own project. Discuss these with your classmates and tutor.

Don't worry if they aren't perfect at this point. The problem statement and research questions will evolve over the next few weeks as you continue your literature review.

After the lab class

Keep searching for and reading relevant papers related to your chosen topic. Continue working on the Synthesis Matrix assignment which is due in Week 4, and continue to refine the problem statement and research questions which you drafted during this lab class.

Attachment:- Problem Statements and Research Questions.rar