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Instructions
Your assignment this week is to create a purpose statement and set of
research questions for a proposed study by indicating the intent, goal,
and rationale for researching the problem addressed in last week’s
assignment. Your purpose statement and associated research questions
must be directly aligned with the problem statement.
Begin by locating at least five peer-reviewed scholarly articles that
support the problem you wish to address. These articles may be
resources previously gathered for your assignments in Week 1 and
Week 2, or additional resources you select after receiving feedback from
your professor over the past two weeks.
Next, you will create an instructor’s presentation to teach students about
how to develop a purpose statement and associated research
questions. As with last week, you will do this by way of a PowerPoint
presentation.
To create your presentation, follow these steps:
1. SLIDE 1: Title of presentation
1. Refer to Weeks 1 and 2 regarding the title you have
proposed and decide whether you will make any changes.
2. SLIDE 2: Create a purpose of the study by indicating the intent,
goal, and rationale for researching the problem addressed in last
week’s assignment.
1. The purpose statement should begin with “The purpose of
this [insert quantitative or qualitative] study is to…”
2. In your speaker notes, be sure to clearly explain how the
proposed research purpose will inform the current body of
knowledge in the field or discipline.
3. Make sure to illustrate that the purpose is aligned with the
research problem that you developed last week.
3. SLIDE 3: Draft 2-4 research questions. These questions can be for
either qualitative or quantitative methodologies. Please ensure the
following:
1. Qualitative Methodology:
i. Align the research questions with the purpose
statement.
ii. Compose open-ended research questions to reflect the
nature of qualitative research, which focuses on
exploration and discovery. Avoid yes/no and
closed-ended questions.
2. Quantitative Methodology:
i. Include proposed hypotheses.
1. State both null and alternative hypotheses for
each research question.
2. Hypotheses must be stated in testable, potentially
negatable form with each variable
operationalized.
3. Note: Each hypothesis represents one distinct
testable prediction. Upon testing, each hypothesis
will have to be entirely supported or entirely
negated.
ii. Align the research questions and hypotheses with the
purpose statement.
iii. Ensure the research questions and hypotheses are
directly answerable, specific, and testable based on the
data collected.
3. In your speaker notes, explain how and why you created
your research questions, and what informed your choices.
5. SLIDE 4: References
Length: 4 slides with speaker notes, including title and reference pages;
speaker notes must be a minimum of 150 words per slide
References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources published
within the last 5 years; in addition to these specified resources, other
appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be
included
