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Various studies have been done concerning several areas which have seemed to have some gaps. Studies over the years have been used as the basis for bringing changes in various sectors which affect human existence. Various fields such as the health sectors, agriculture sectors among others depend on the studies conducted by various researchers to try and change the status quo of how they handle some issues to come up with better ways of doing things to better their practices. Research projects have to be written using/ guided by a certain format which has got several key issues which it has to entail to become a complete study. It entails the topic of study, the abstract, the hypothesis of the study, the study objectives (Sekaran & Bougie, 2016). Both the broad and specific objectives. The problem statement is one of the key areas which form the main basis of the study. The problem statement forms the main foundation of the research since it is the area which the whole study lies upon (Gay & Mills, 2015). When the problem statement is clearly stated and written, then all the relevant information which is needed for the study will be easily accessed by the researcher. The problem statement identifies the specific area which should be closely attended to during the study process. With the guide of the problem statement, the study gets a direction with which it is conducted and since it is written and stipulated the whole process becomes an easy one. The problem statement has got several components which make up the whole problem statement content.

The problem itself, this part of the problem statement is one of the most important among many. The problem part of the statement makes the study be relevant since it clearly stipulates the importance of the study (Gay & Mills, 2015). When the problem part of the study is stated clearly, the contextual details of the study are too brought out clearly and in a way that even carrying out the process becomes easy. It also brings out the area which the relevant information is going to be got from since when the problem which is being brought out shows that it affects people from a certain place, then the researcher goes to that region and collects the information from those people. Secondly, the problem statement entails the method of solving the problem itself (Merriam, 2015). In the research process, this part is usually brought out as the claim part which the researcher puts across in the whole process. It also at some point brought out as the thesis of the whole study process since when the data that is to be collected has been sought it is used to test the thesis and be able to validate the usefulness of the study.

The purpose statement of the study is another major part of the problem statement. The scope of the study is also a part of the problem statement. The purpose of the study is the main reason as to why the researcher is conducting that study; this forms the main pillar of the research itself. The purpose statement is the part which makes the reader get to understand the whole study and the main key points which guides the whole process and all its important aspects. The thesis part of the study is the one which is always tested at the end of the study since all the data that is collected is used in the whole process of testing the thesis part of the study.

EXAMPLE OF PROBLEM STATEMENT:

About a study concerning the utilization of chronic illness preventive measures, among university students.

In America, more than 92.1 million people (1 in every 3 adults) have at least one or even more chronic diseases with about 90% of that population being aged 2 years or older consuming too much sodium which in the long run increases their chances of developing high blood pressure. In about 50% of the adults aged 18 years and above did not meet the recommendations for the aerobic physical activities in the year 2015, also 79% did not meet the recommendations for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity (Wang & Dandona, 2016).

An estimated 36.5 million adults in the United States (15.1%) said they currently smoke cigarettes in the year 2017. Cigarette smoking accounts for many diseases to do with lifestyle and also accounts for more than 48, 000 deaths each year. Each day more than 3, 200 youths younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette and 2, 100 youths and young adults who smoke now and then become daily smokers.

Drinking too much alcohol is responsible for 8, 800 deaths each year, more than half which are because of binge drinking (Ward BW, 2014). In the Sub Saharan Africa, the burden of diseases such as cardiac conditions still has remained at more than 45% leading to a decrease of their GDPs by 9%, while the burden of cancers remained at 8% in 2010, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases decreased slightly from 16% and 12% in the 1990s to 15% and 10% in 2015. In Canada, most of the 16% of the adults diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and cancers were women (Wang & Dandona, 2016). Though smoking tobacco was more common in men, daily exposure to poorly ventilated indoor smoke from biomass fuels was women who still cooked despite a chronic cough which led them to respiratory conditions and even heart conditions.

In Mexico, 50% of all the cases of admissions and 55% of all deaths in hospitals, homes or care facilities are due to chronic diseases, with the youths and the young mostly affected with a population of about 58 million youths during a period of 15 years then followed by the elderly and then the young children born with the conditions already (WHO, 2015).

The problem itself is the part which brings out the numbers of people who are being affected by the chronic diseases. It has become a menace which has to be dealt with promptly. The method of solving the problem is one which brings out the ways in which the data was collected since it is through the same way that the interventions are going to be distributed across the affected population. The purpose statement is the one which brings out the affected numbers of people, and due to the high numbers, there is a need for immediate action to be taken to help save the situation.

Gay, L. R., & Mills, G. E. (2015). Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications, Global Edition: Edition 11. Pearson Education Limited.

Merriam, S. B. (2015). Qualitative Research: Designing, Implementing, and Publishing a Study. In Handbook of Research on Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods (pp. 125-140). IGI Global.

Sekaran, U., & Bougie, R. (2016). Research methods for business: A skill building approach. John Wiley & Sons.