Editor’s Comments
这篇编辑评论讨论了研究过程中的问题形成环节，指出研究者可能用正确方法回答错误问题（第三类错误），强调正确选题对研究价值的重要性。
Type III errors occur when a researcher answers the wrong question using the right methods (Mitroff and Silvers 2009;Raiffa 1968).A lot of effort may be expended, a great deal of rigor may be applied, but coming up with the right answer to the wrong question does not create value.Understandably, this can be frustrating for authors of such work when their peers do not judge the work favorably.It is also a missed opportunity for the field when scare resources of scholars in the community are directed at the wrong research questions.In this editorial, I discuss a key aspect of the research process-problem formulation-that dramatically influences the research question that is addressed, the value that is created by a research study, and the suitability of the research for MISQ.I focus on this aspect of the research process, as it is where less attention tends to be placed by scholars even though it is a process riddled with misconceptions, risks, and common errors that can lead to Type III errors (Table 1).