Due by 11:59 PM, Sunday

Instructions

Download and complete the attached worksheet.

Submission and Grading Criteria

· MS Word document (.doc or .docx)

· Content

· Fully addresses all questions

· Free of grammatical and spelling errors

· Follow traditional academic paper requirements

· Worth 5% of your grade. Refer to the Assignment Grading Rubric in Course Resources.

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Worksheet: Problem Formulation Process

Name: ___________________________

Instructions

This assignment forces you to reflect on the research process, identifying research problems that will drive your inquiry. From this analysis, you will be able to strengthen your research questions and hopefully, further strengthen your research hypotheses. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE DETAILS HERE. It will only help you as you work through this process. Limited responses will result in limited and unfocused research.

Complete the following, ON THIS FORM, providing as much information as possible. You can download this form and type within it.

State your (research) problem:

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To whom is the problem important? Who is your intended audience? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why would this problem be considered important? Be specific.

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Do we have (existing) information available to us about your problem?

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What is the source of this information (e.g. existing literature; crime reports, etc.)?

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How will the information you obtain from your findings and recommendations be used once your study is complete?

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What are some potential issues you expect to encounter while conducting your research?

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Discuss how you will “manage” this project; identifying possible obstacles you may face while conducting your research.

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When you carry out this research, discuss your potential data source. Will you conduct a quantitative or qualitative study? How will you collect data? Will you have issues accessing the data?

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