How to Write a Research Problem

A research paper could not stand alone without the research problem. A research problem is the question/s you want to answer in your research study. In writing the research problem you have to identify your research objectives.

The general objectives or the main objective of your research problem will be the final outcome of your research while the specific objectives are the objectives taken from the general objectives. These specific objectives will answer the question how will you be able to produce the main objective of the study, in these specific objectives, you will formulate your research questions.

In writing your research problem, you may begin with writing a few introductory sentences or a paragraph in relation to your Introduction before putting the main question on your research.

There are different ways of putting your research problems or objectives:

Hypothesis

Example

1. Automating the garbage bin to identify the biodegradable  and non-biodegradable will decrease the waste management problems.

Research Question

Example

1. How to solve the waste management problem?

Example of a Research Problem