Response Summary:

From Questions to a Problem Worksheet

You are no longer a mere data collector, but a researcher
interested in understanding something better. List your topic of
interest (from the Topics Worksheet) below into a complete
sentence.

Goal: To generate questions based on the topic of interest in

the Topics worksheet
Objectives: Students will transition from a broad topic to a
specific question
Outcomes: Students will answer
who/what/when/where/whether/why/how
1. Student Information *
First Name christian
Last Name martinez
Course
(e.g. CGT 270-001; CGT cgt 270
501)
Term F2023
(e.g. F2020)

2. Email Address (enter YOUR University email address)*

mart1852@purdue.edu

3. Purpose *
Semester Group Project

Q14. Type in the FULL names (first and last names) of all team members.
Nadia
malik
Shelby
Gay
christian
martinez

Q15. Enter the Team Name

Fix the AC in Lab

Evaluate
4. Identify the significance of your topic by completing the following sentences *
Topic: the topic I am the sales in target regions of various video games within the fps genre
studying is
what games sold the best because we want to understand how different videogames
Question: because I want
sell in different regions and what the appeal of them is. we will do this by looking at
to find out what/why/how
acredited databases and analyzing their data to come up with a final conclusion.
Significance: in order to we will be analyzing the sales in target regions of various video games within the fps
help my reader genre
understand

5. Use the space below to determine if your problem is a practical or conceptual problem by answering the
following questions about your topic. *
What's the situation or
condition you desire to the sales in target regions of various video games within the fps genre. it is important to
address, and why is it understand the target audience and what they want out of their gaming experience.
important?
What's the undesirable
consequences caused by the cost of not knowing what appeals to your target audience in the gaming industry is
that condition including that you will produce videogames that probably won't sell well because no one will want
costs that you (or your to play them.
readers) don't want to
pay?
Why are these
consequences because they can cost you a lot of money and cause you to lose your user base
important?
What do we do about it? we learn and study successful games and do user research.

6. Practical vs Conceptual Problem: complete one of the two questions about your problem *
Refer to Chapter 4: From Questions to a Problem, pg 50 - 57 of The Craft of Research by Booth et al., 2016
(available via Purdue Online Library catalog)
Practical Problem: What
do you want your reader to understand what type of games within the fps genre are most successful.
to do?
Conceptual Problem:
What should the reader how could they use this info to predict future marketing trends.
think?

7. Significance: Explain why you want your reader to know and care about the topic. *
Because they want to have a successful design for future videogame release titles.