Practical Research II

Lesson I : The Nature of

Inquiry, Investigation,
Immersion and Research
What is an inquiry?
An investigation?
Inquiry – is an act of
asking question. It is a
process that has the aim of
augmenting knowledge,
resolving doubt or solving
problem.
Investigation – it is a
systematic examination of a
certain event and
phenomenon, It is closely
related to research, What
makes research different from
investigation is that the former
undergoes “immersion”.
 Example of Inquries :

1) What is your 3) How much is 4) Why research is

ambition in your tuition fee important in
life? for every improving
2) Who is your semester at St. person’s life?
favorite Paul University
teacher? San Rafael
Campus?
Example of questions that need further investigations :

1) Who is the 2) Why does this 3) What are the

prime suspect bullying incidence reasons why a
of this major occur in the group of students
violation of school? led the creation
the school of first-ever gang
policy? in school?
Inquiries are questions or situations that can be
answered instantly. Investigations are questions
or situations that cannot get instant answers. It
needs further verification and validation from
several people before arriving at valid
conclusions.
 What is an
Immersion?
Immersion is a process whereby a researcher
immerses (deeply involves) himself in the data
gathering activities and the data he has
gathered are carefully read or examined by him
in details. Combining the idea of “inquiry” ,
“investigation”, and “immersion”, the concept of
“research” comes in.
Combining the idea of “inquiry” ,
“investigation”, and “immersion”,
the concept of “research” comes in.
What is a
Research?
Research is a systematic and refined technique
of thinking, employing specialized tools,
instruments, and procedures in order to obtain
a more adequate solution to a problem.
 Example of research questions :

1) How is 2) What are the 3) Is there a

bullying effects of bullying significant
related to to the self-esteem relationship
teenage of the students? between bullying
depression? and academic
performance of
the students?
Research is more complex compared with
inquiry and investigation. A researcher needs to
undergo immersion just to reliably get the
answers of his research questions. Getting
involved with the participants of the study is
needed to get their innate feelings or emotions
towards a research subject.
Task I : Answer the following questions in paragraph forms :
1) How does 2) Compare and 3) How is
inquiry differ contrast immersion done
from investigation and in conducting a
investigation? research? research?

4) Give two (2) questions which classified as : inquiries,

investigations and researches. (two (2) for inquiries, two
(2) for investigations, two (2) for researches.