INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATIONS AND IMMERSION

I.RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

 INQUIRY – is carried out systematically II.MANAGING A RESEARCH PROJECT

to bring out new ideas, concepts,
technologies, and products for practical  RBM (Result-Based Management)
operations. - Unique strategy that revolves around
the concepts of planning doing or
implementing, monitoring, assessing, adjusting,
HYPOTHESIZE
and learning.
PUBLICIZE STRATEGIZE CHAIN CONNECTION BETWEEN RBM TERMINOLOGIES
INQUIRY IMPACT
SYNTHESIZ MOBILIZE INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME
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IMMEDIATE OUTCOME
RESEARCH COULD
 Provide solutions to problems through OUTPUTS
new, technological applications and
ACTIVITIES/COURSE OF ACTIONS
developments,
 Validate a hypothesis or a theory which INPUTS OR INVESTMENTS OR RESOURCES
leads to an increase knowledge and
development.  OUTCOMES – defined as observable
changes that are relevant to the
TWO TYPES OF RESEARCH fulfillment of the objects.
 Applied Research – leads to  PERFORMANCE INDICATORS – are
new products or new identified to gauge whether or not you
technologies that can later on have achieved the study’s outcomes
be commercialized & adopted and objectives.
widely  BASELINE DATA – a comparison of the
 Basic Research – provide situation before and after the research
sufficient evidence to prove a project.
certain concept or principle  ASSUMPTIONS – do not significantly
under investigation affect the outcome
PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION  CONTROLS – refers to the important
1. Formulating research questions aspect in the design of the study aimed
2. Review of related literature at minimizing the effects of extraneous
3. Formulate hypothesis independent variables.
4. Processing of data
5. Communicating the results imp
act
less s
Specific and searchable outcomes
Measurable
Attainable control outputs
Realistic
Time-bound activities

inputs
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 PROGRESS REPORT – the ongoing
status of the program or research
undertaking.
 EVALUATION – the final important
aspect of the RBM framework.
** RESEARCH NORMS AND MISCONDUCTS
 ETHICS – pertains to the moral
principles that govern one’s behavior in
relation to any activity.
 FABRICATIONS – as an act of
composing data or results and
recording them.
 FALSIFICATION – an act of manipulating
research materials, equipment or
processes or results such that research
is not accurately represented in the
research record.
 PLAGIARISM – appropriation of another
person’s idea or words without giving
appropriate credit.
FORMS OF PLAGIARISM
1. Cheating
2. Presentation of commissioned work
3. Presentation of work of another
person
4. Presentation of collaborative work
as individual
5. Improper citation of sources
6. Non-acknowledgement of
references
7. Stealing of information from a work
done by another person
III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
 DISCOVERY – deals with realizing the
concepts already found by other
researchers in the field
 ADVOCACY – focuses on understanding
the limitations of past studies.
 REVIEW OF LITERATURE – is effective in
providing firm foundation to a proposal
SOURCES OF INFORMATION CLASSIFIED AS:
1. PRIMARY SOURCES – containing
firsthand information/those that have
not been edited
2. SECONDARY SOURCES – those that
have been checked for accuracy and
proofread by other parties.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
 INTERVIEWS – can be done with an
expert or any individual that may have
direct knowledge of the subject matter.
 SURVEY – a more formal means of
acquiring information. It enables the
researcher to acquire both quali and
quanti information.
 PEER REVIEWING – done by editors of
these publications groups or experts
known in their field or discipline.
 JOURNAL ARTICLES – contain an
abstract or a section that summarizes
the content of the paper including
significant findings.
 DATABASES – are online repositories of
various sources of information.
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IV. RESEARCH STRATEGIES project.

 INTRODUCTION – contains the - SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS – illustrate

background of the study, its potential specific procedures or methodologies
significance or contribution to existing that may be quite difficult to visualize
knowledge and its scope and mentally.
limitations.
 METHODOLOGY – gives details of your
planned research approach to address
the research question.
o Experimentation is undertaken
to establish cause-effect
relationships.
o Variables – are factors that can
be manipulated and measured.
o Independent – can be
manipulated & subjected to
experiments
o Dependent – observed upon
the subjects after they have
been influenced by
independent.
 REFERENCES – it will strengthen your
argument by demonstrating
traceability.
 PROPOSED TITLE – the title must be
suggestive of the purpose of the
planned study and the overall goal of
the inquiry. It should be specific and
self-explanatory.
 BUDGET PROPOSAL – shall include
payment for personnel services

 GANTT CHART or timetable – contains

and itemized list of activities planned in
accordance w/ the expected outcomes
and research objectives.

V. FLOWCHARTS

- FLOWCHARTS and schematic diagrams

are useful features of any research
proposal.
- FLOWCHARTS or diagrammatic
representations are included to present