What is a Problem Statement?

• A problem statement is a broad overview of the questions that will be addressed

in a given area of research.
• It outlines the description of the issue(s), includes a vision, suggests the
method(s) used to solve the problem, and provides a hypothesis.
• It also gives the negative points of the current situation in the area of the
research, explains why these matter, and then proposes how the project at hand
aims to solve it.
• Usually while writing the problem statement, researchers use the 5 “W”s (Who,
What, Where, When, and Why)