RESEARCH IN DAILY

LIFE 1
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
ROLL CALL

In one word, describe your face-to-face school

foundation celebration experience.
LESSON 1

The Nature of Inquiry and

Research
On Target

• shares research experiences and knowledge

• explains the importance of research in daily
life
WHAT IS INQUIRY?

• Inquiry is an active learning process.

• Inquiry is a problem-solving technique.
• Inquiry elevates thinking power.
WHAT IS RESEARCH?

• It is defined as the systematic and organized

process of collecting, organizing, analyzing,
and interpreting data to find answers to our
queries.
INQUIRY AND RESEARCH

• A research is a product of an inquisitive

mind.

• Research is a form of inquiry. Thus, not all

inquiries can be considered a research.
Why do we need to
research?
IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN OUR DAILY LIVES

• Gathers data or information on life situations or

conditions about which little knowledge is
available.

• Provides scientific knowledge from which theories

emerge and develop.
IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN OUR DAILY LIVES

• Helps correct, clarify and validate perceptions

• Provides theoretical and scientific basis for

scientific practice.
IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN OUR DAILY LIVES

• Predicts probable outcomes of scientific decisions

in relation to life comfort and well being.

• Provides knowledge for purposes of problem

solving and decision making.
AIMS OF RESEARCH

1. Verification of Existing Knowledge

2. Acquisition of New Knowledge
3. Application of New Knowledge
4. Advancement of the Researcher’s Expertise
FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH

1. Exploration
2. Description
3. Explanation
Exploratory research
• When the purpose of research is to provide a
foundation for future studies, it is called
exploratory research.

• Exploratory research can either be:

1. Primary research
2. Secondary research
Exploratory research
•Primary Research is collected through the use of
interviews, focus groups, customer surveys, or
any way that organizations are able to obtain
feedback.

•Secondary research is the analysis and synthesis

of primary research that was compiled at a
previous date.
Descriptive research
• The aim of descriptive research is to give
additional information on newly discovered
ideas which were results of explorations.

• Descriptive research includes observational

research, case studies, and surveys.
Explanatory research

• Explanatory research looks on how things are

connected together and how things interact.