✍️ Draft Your Research Problem

 

 

✍️ Draft Your Research Problem

📅 #ResearchMitraDay21 | #ResearchProblem | #PracticePost | #SelfLearning | #Templates | #Rubrics

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🎯 Objective of Today’s Activity:

Today’s post is a hands-on session designed to help you draft a research problem statement — the foundation of your research project. You’ll find:

✅ A guided template

✅ Sample problem statements

✅ A rubric to self-assess your work

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🧩 Why Practice Writing a Research Problem?

A clear and focused research problem guides your entire study. It defines the purpose, scope, and direction. Practicing this skill makes you a sharper, more confident researcher.

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📌 Step-by-Step Guide: Drafting Your Research Problem

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🔶 Step 1: Identify a Broad Topic of Interest

Examples:

✅ Online consumer behavior

✅ Gender disparity in employment

✅ Sustainability in fashion

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🔶 Step 2: Narrow it Down with Context

Refine based on geography, industry, demographics, etc.

E.g., “Online consumer behavior in rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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🔶 Step 3: Identify the Gap in Literature or Practice

Ask:

What is not yet explored?

What is under-researched?

Where is improvement needed?

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🔶 Step 4: Draft the Research Problem (Template)

Use this structure:

“There is limited understanding of [specific aspect] in [context], which affects [stakeholders/impact]. This study seeks to explore/examine/investigate [core objective].”

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✅ Example Research Problem Statement

“There is limited understanding of how sustainability labeling affects purchasing behavior among urban Indian millennials, which restricts brands from optimizing their marketing strategy. This study aims to investigate the role of eco-labels in shaping sustainable purchase intentions.”

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📄 Template to Use (Download or Copy)

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1. Broad Topic: ______________________________  

2. Narrowed Focus: ___________________________  
3. Identified Gap: ____________________________  
4. Stakeholders Impacted: _____________________  
5. Research Problem Statement: ________________

3. Identified Gap: ____________________________  

4. Stakeholders Impacted: _____________________  

5. Research Problem Statement: ________________

3. Identified Gap: ____________________________  

4. Stakeholders Impacted: _____________________  

5. Research Problem Statement: ________________

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📋 Self-Assessment Rubric

Criteria	Score (1-5)	Notes
Clearly defined scope
Specific context and stakeholders
Identifiable gap in literature/practice
Alignment with broader research goals
Clarity and conciseness

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🎯 Bonus Task:

🧠 Draft two versions of your research problem:

One exploratory (What/Why)

One explanatory (Cause-effect or How)

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📥 Share Your Draft:

Want feedback? Submit your problem statement via email or comment section and get suggestions in upcoming community review posts.