CHAPTER 1: THE

NATURE OF
INQUIRY AND
RESEARCH
 RESEARCH
• is defined as the creation of
new knowledge and/or the use
of existing knowledge in a
new and creative way so as to
generate new concepts,
methodologies and
understandings
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
- is simply exploratory research. It
is used to gain an understanding of
underlying reasons, opinions, and
motivations.

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
- is used to quantity the problems by
way of generating numerical data or
data that can be transformed into
usable statistics.
AIMS OF EXISTING
KNOWLEDGE
 1. VERIFICATION OF EXISTING
KNOWLEDGE
- verifying or proving the
veracity of existing theories or
knowledge. This may lead to
development of new ideas,
strengthening a current
knowledge, or debunking a theory.
 2. ACQUISITION OF NEW
KNOWLEDGE
- research brings forth new
ideas regarding a theory or
even create a totally new
theory.
 3. APPLICATION OF NEW
KNOWLEDGE
- Once new ideas or innovations
are proven true, they are
then utilized and translated
to something useful to
humankind.
4. ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCHER’S
EXPERTISE
 FUNCTIONS
OF RESEARCH
• EXPLORATION ( Exploratory
investigation)- it seeks to
find more information about
a topic and a broader
perspective or additional
knowledge to what is
currently known.
• DESCRIPTION (Descriptive
Research) – to give
additional information on
newly discovered ideas that
are results of exploration.
• EXPLANATION
(Explanatory research)-
looking at how things
are connected and how
they interact.
CHARACTERISTICS
OF RESEARCH
 REALISTIC
-research is a realistic
undertaking that must result to
empirical data. Empirical data
are those derived from actual
observations of a phenomenon,
interviews of people who have
witnessed an incident, analysis
of first hand document sources.
 LOGICAL
- Research follow valid,
definite principles, frameworks
and procedures. There are proper
logical and ethical approaches
to search for answers to a
specific research question.
 CYCLICAL
-research is cyclical. It starts
with a problem and ends with
another. As soon as a research
questions is answered, other
questions may arise. This
process continues until such
time that a purified body of
knowledge is attained.
 ANALYTICAL
-after employing strictly and
correctly the predetermined
procedure and gathering
empirical data, the latter must
be analyzed to elicit the
desired meaning from the
obtained information.
 OBJECTIVE
-is defined as the lack of bias
or prejudice. Analysis and
interpretation of data , and
drawing out implications from
research data must be free from
bias and alterations to favor a
certain hypothesis, a
personality or an organization.
 CRITICAL
-the research is said to be
critical when the researcher
is careful and precise in
processing ideas and
judgements.
 REPLICABLE
-research procedures must be
written clearly and
chronologically for it to be
replicable, such that other
researchers can redo or repeat
that investigation with the
intent of verifying the
generated information.