The Purpose Statement is your time to shine. This is the time when you can tell your reader exactly what you’ve designed your research to do.
Of course, the Purpose Statement must address the knowledge gap that you described in your Problem Statement. However, the Problem Statement is focused on the problem, and not directly on your research.
So the Purpose Statement is unashamedly about your research.
Here are a few pointers for framing your Purpose Statement:
Always start the Purpose Statement with “The purpose of this research is to…”.
In addition, Creswell (2018) advises that you provide details of the design, method and sample in your Purpose Statement.
Some examples:
The purpose of this research is to explore the views of ___ individuals on ___, using the ___ technique.
Or
The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of ___ on ___ by comparing perceptions of ___ before versus after the intervention of ___, in the Department of ___.
Or
The purpose of this research is to test and compare the explanatory power of two theories of ___. One theory posits ___, while the other theory posits ___. The theories will be assessed on a sample of individuals who are ___, using the ___ method of analysis.
You may use bullet points if your research has multiple purposes.
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