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Case: The Doctoral Research Problem Statement

One of the most important steps in developing your dissertation research project is to begin drafting the problem statement. Note the use of the word draft. Creating your final research problem statement will be preceded by much rethinking, redrafting, and revising. At CTU, the term trio is used to refer to the problem, purpose, and research question as a set of three critical foundations for your dissertation project. You can find the trio in use in the template for the Research Prospectus, which is the first milestone deliverable (RSCH861), as well as in the CTU Proposal and Dissertation template. The trio provides the foundation for your dissertation, and your research problem is key. Research originates with a problem that will be the focus of a study, and the problem requires substantiation by the scholarly literature reviewed as part of the research effort.

In preparation for submitting your document, create an outline, develop a draft based on this outline, check your work with Draft Coach, and edit or revise as necessary.

Read the guidelines for the Problem Statement section of the prospectus.

Locate at least 3 peer-reviewed scholarly articles from the library academic databases that have noted the need for further research into the problem you are considering for your dissertation study.

Create a first draft of the problem that you have identified as part of a short narrative of approximately 350 words that is accompanied by a research problem statement. Provide APA-formatted citations for each of the 3 sources that have noted the existence of this problem.
If you choose to do so, work directly within the Research Prospectus template to draft your content because you will continue to develop this template in RSCH86