-How will your research contribute to the existing knowledge base in your field of study?

-How is it significant?

-Why does it matter?

- Introduce the reader to the importance of the topic being studied. The reader is oriented to the significance of the study.

- Anchors the research questions, hypotheses, or assumptions to follow. It offers a concise statement about the purpose of your paper.

- Place the topic into a particular context that defines the parameters of what is to be investigated.

- Provide the framework for reporting the results and indicates what is probably necessary to conduct the study and explain how the findings will present this information