Creswell_Research_Design_ Qualitative Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 2018 5th Ed

Chapter 6 The Purpose Statement
The last section of an introduction, as mentioned in Chapter 5, is to present a purpose statement that
establishes the intent of the entire research study. It is the most important statement in the entire study, and it
needs to be clear, specific, and informative. From it, all other aspects of the research follow, and readers will
be lost unless it is carefully drafted. In journal articles, researchers write the purpose statement into
introductions as the final statement; in theses and dissertations, it often stands as a separate section.
In this chapter devoted exclusively to the purpose statement, we address the reasons for developing it, key
principles to use in its design, and examples of good models in crafting one for your proposal.
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