Will Form 8854 Residency 2023-2024

Hi everyone, I am Dr. Domingo. I wanted to welcome you to our session on the overview of the purpose statement and research questions. I also want to welcome everyone who is joining us online. So, here we go! In this session, we will be doing several things. Firstly, we will examine the connection between problems and purposes and how they are linked. Second, we will discuss research methodology ideas, specifically focusing on crafting research questions. Lastly, we will evaluate the alignment among the problem, purpose, and research questions. The importance of alignment will become evident throughout this session. I have a saying: "Good questions are better than bad answers." In this phase of the dissertation, it is crucial to formulate the right question. To have a good research question, you must have a good purpose statement. And to have a good purpose statement, you must have a good problem statement. Let's review the difference between basic and applied research. Basic research aims to generate new knowledge to advance a specific field by finding out more information about a particular topic. On the other hand, applied research focuses on utilizing knowledge to solve problems in the field. For our dissertations here at City University, we are primarily interested in the application of knowledge to solve problems. To help you narrow down your topic, I introduce the concept of the research topic triangle. This is a model that allows you to go from broad to narrow when selecting your dissertation topic. For example, instead of studying pollution, you can narrow it down to air pollution, then to causes of air pollution, and eventually to the effects of aerosol products on air pollution. By narrowing down your topic, you make it more specific and manageable. Another example is distance learning. Instead of studying distance learning...