@drthava: 🚨 Your Problem Statement has plenty of citations… but what is the ACTUAL problem your research will address? 👀🎓 Dr Thava demonstrates how to build your Problem Statement using a thesis example and an 🧅 “onion-peeling” approach—developing your argument layer by layer. Here’s where to start: ✅ Reintroduce why your topic matters and connect it to your Background without repeating everything. ✅ Investigate the issue through existing literature. ✅ Narrow down to the deeper, unresolved problem and support your argument with evidence. Your reader should understand WHAT remains unresolved, WHY it matters and WHY your research is needed. Keep that connection clear throughout your thesis: 📘 Chapter 1: Introduction — guide readers from your Background to a focused Problem Statement. 📚 Chapter 2: Literature Review — critically examine existing studies to establish and justify your Research Gap. 🔬 Chapter 3: Methodology — explain how your chosen methods will address your research questions. 📊 Chapter 4: Data Analysis — use your data to answer those questions. 🎓 Chapter 5: Conclusion — explain what your findings contribute and what remains unresolved. Preparing for your Proposal Defense or Viva? Practise explaining the problem your study addresses—and the evidence supporting it! 📲 Want the complete walkthrough of Dr Thava’s six-step template? Join the upcoming 3 FREE classes by following the registration steps shown in the video. 💬 Which part is harder for you: identifying the problem or explaining the Research Gap? 🔖 Save this before writing Chapter 1 and share it with a fellow postgraduate student! @DrThava @DrThava @DrThava #thesis #phd #thesiswriting #studytok #academictiktok
