{"id":18666,"date":"2018-09-06T05:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T05:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/3-easy-steps-to-write-an-effective-statement-of-problem\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T06:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:01:21","slug":"3-easy-steps-to-write-an-effective-statement-of-problem","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/3-easy-steps-to-write-an-effective-statement-of-problem","title":{"rendered":"3 Easy steps to write an effective statement of problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Have you decided on your research question? If yes, your next step would be to articulate it in the form of a problem statement. A statement of problem defines the cause that your research is working towards. It highlights a knowledge gap or gap between the real\/current state and the ideal state. Many authors find it challenging to organize and express their ideas. To help you with writing the statement of the problem, this video prepared and presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/users\/prof-henry-m-bwisa\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Prof. Henry Bwisa<\/a> takes you through three simple and easy-to-follow steps that will help you write your problem statement without hassles. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-basics-of-writing-a-statement-of-the-problem-for-your-research-proposal\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">The basics of writing a statement of the problem for your research proposal [Downloadable template]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-a-problem-statement-for-my-research\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How to write a problem statement for my research?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/can-you-give-me-an-example-of-a-statement-of-the-problem-in-my-research-subject\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Can you give me an example of a statement of the problem in my research subject?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-a-problem-statement-for-peer-tutoring-students-with-learning-disabilities\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">How to write a problem statement for peer tutoring students with learning disabilities?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18666","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Easy steps to write an effective statement of problem | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The statement of problem defines the central idea of your research paper or manuscript. 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