GLENN OLIVER PEREZ GERONIMO

ABM 11 – DIRHAM

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

1. Compare and contrast inquiry and research.

While both are seeking for information, inquiry is a question, a request for
information or even a process set in motion to obtain a specific piece of information.
Meanwhile, research is a process through which information is obtained, validated
and compared to an existing data with the purpose of either determining that a
hypothesis is valid/invalid, gathering information for purposes of increasing one’s
knowledge about a subject, or even simply obtaining a reliable source of information
that is capable of providing an answer/definition about a certain subject about which
there is already sufficient amount of knowledge and consensus for it be generally
seen as a defined concept.
A research may include many inquiries, in many of its different definitions. But
a research cannot be included within an inquiry, simply because that would convert
the inquiry into a research, due to its broader nature.

2. What is the importance of research?

 To collect and analyze data which will enable us to provide information and
advice to policy (or decision) makers.
 To determine the accuracy or otherwise and validity of popular beliefs, and
practices by submitting them to systematic scrutiny
 To enhance, modify or refine our knowledge of phenomenon or various
theories.
 To generate new concepts and explanations of existing rules and policies,
beliefs and practices.
 To find answers to particular existing questions through investigation.
 To evaluate the findings of other researches/studies or build on where they
stopped.
 To bring the legacy left behind by early scholars as well as the contributions
of modern scholars to the limelight.
 To seek validation or improvement for religious doctrines and practices, social
interactions, economic improvement, politics, ideology, etc. to enhance quality
of ordinary and spiritual life of man