You've collected information on the growing problem of employee absences in your organization. For the past nine months, absences have increased 14%. You generally understand the problem and have brainstormed questions the report might answer, but you haven't yet researched specific alternatives. Are you ready to write a purpose statement?
A) No, because you need to do your research first.
B) No, because you should have all of the questions answered, not just some.
C) Yes, because you can write the purpose statement before researching specific alternatives.
D) Yes, because people will get suspicious if you have information but don't do anything with it.
E) None of the above.

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Writing a purpose statement at this stage is appropriate because it helps define the scope and direction of the upcoming research and analysis. It doesn't require having all the answers or having researched all alternatives yet.

You've Collected Information on the Growing Problem of Employee Absences