Practical research

a learning process that motivates you to obtain knowledge or information about

people, things, places, or events

investigating or asking questions about something you are inquisitive about

a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts and

information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of your claims or conclusions about

the topic

more complicated than inquiry because it does not center mainly on raising

questions about the topic, but also on carrying out a particular order of research

stages

Characteristics of research

Applied to theoretical issues

Deals with concepts, principles, or abstract things

Applied to practical issues

Deals with societal problems or issues, finding ways to make positive changes in society

aims at defining or giving a verbal portrayal or picture of a person, thing, event, group,

situation, etc.

shows relationships or connectedness of two factors, circumstances, or agents called

variables that affect the research

elaborates or explains not just the reasons behind the relationship of two factors, but also

the ways by which such relationship exists.