The Proposal Prep instructions simply say, "One or Two Sentences," under the Purpose of the Study. Some lovely folks at www.dissertationrecipes.com have put together "Writing a Purpose Statement" which is a "how to" with some examples for purposes statements.
Currently, my purpose statement has two sentences. The first starts with "The purpose of this quantitative correlational study will be to determine the relationship...". The second explains the significance of that relationship. I actually modeled the statement after Example 3 in the document cited above - I very much liked the conciseness of it.
What I've also done is put the Purpose Statement in a pptx slide, printed it out, and have it posted on the wall just above the main monitor in my office. As this proposal evolves, and the dissertation paper gets written, that slide will keep me on the right track.
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