Evaluating Purpose Statement and Analyzing Alignment among Other Components
A purpose statement is a statement that develops the focus of the research or study. It is developed when performing both qualitative and quantitative studies (Osanloo & Grant, 2016). A well-established purpose statement should be simple and plain-language for leaders and stakeholders to grasp with ease. Forster et al. (2015) develop the study’s purpose as assessing the association of the neighborhood violence exposure, gang association, and social self-control within past week aggression in simple minority youth. The authors use direct and simple language to address the purpose statement.
The authors’ purpose statement connects well with the problem and theoretical framework. The problem is well defined “there is an association between gun exposure, gang associations and youth aggression.” According to the research, direct exposure to gun violence, association with the gangs, and having low self-control are directly associated (Meyer, 2010). The study hypothesized that: all the aspects of community violence exposure will be associated with aggression; having family members or friends gangs are linked with aggression; lower self-control of both girls and boys is linked with more episodes of aggressive behavior.
There is a relationship between research and social change. The research suggests that every year more than 600,000 are hospitalized for attack-related injuries. About 30% of children were bullied in school. Approximately 40% of boys and 25% of girls were believed to have committed a violent offense under 17 yrs. Up to 1 million youth are said to be gang members. Youth living in the urban minority are the most affected by victimization than the non-Hispanic white aristocrats. These divergences raised in the research can be due to structural inequalities, lack of proper guidance, peer pressure, and bad exposure.
References
Forster, M., Grigsby, T. J., Unger, J. B., & Sussman, S. (2015). Associations between gun violence exposure, gang associations, and youth aggression: Implications for prevention and intervention programs. Journal of criminology, 2015
Meyer, C. (2010). Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for. Simon and Schuster.
Osanloo, A., & Grant, C. (2016). Understanding, selecting, and integrating a theoretical framework in dissertation research: Creating the blueprint for your “house.” Administrative issues journal: connecting education, practice, and research, 4(2), 7.