Using the White Paper titled Simple but Effective Problem Statements and Research Questions as

a guide, develop a bullet point outline for the problem statement. Each bullet should be a single

sentence. Following the specific problem sentence include a short sentence describing how this

problem is related to your cognate. Finally, add APA formatted references for the supporting

reference sentences. Following the outline, you will provide an annotated bibliography for each

reference provided. You will post your submission in the assignment text window, and as a word

document.

Your submission will include the following:

Title Block

• Last Name, First Name
• Cognate
• Research Track (Project or Dissertation)
• Research Paradigm
• Planned Research Design (Case Study, Correlational, etc.)
• Proposed Topic

Problem Statement Bullet Outline

 General Problem Sentence

• Supporting Reference Sentence with Current Citation (< 5 years)
• Supporting Reference Sentence with Current Citation (< 5 years)
• Supporting Reference Sentence with Current Citation (< 5 years)
• Supporting Reference Sentence with Current Citation (< 5 years, optional bridge
• supporting references sentence, see problem statement white paper)
• Specific Problem Sentence
• Relationship to Cognate
• References

Annotated Bibliography for each Reference

APA formatted reference (250 words for each reference)

• Description of why this is a credible source (author(s), publication, date)
• Summary of the article
• Discussion of how this reference supports the existence of the general problem and the
• consequences of the problem identified in the general problem sentence.