inquiry
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An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.
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- Inquiry theories
- Deduction
- Induction
- Abduction
- Inquiry in the pragmatic paradigm<!--Section linked from [[Issue-based information system]] and [[Problem structuring methods]]: do not rename without fixing incoming link (see [[MOS:HEAD]])-->
- Art and science of inquiry
- Limits to inquiry
- Zeroth order inquiry
- Example of inquiry
- Once over quickly
- Abductive phase
- Deductive phase
- Inductive phase
- Looking more closely
- Seeding hypotheses
- Weeding hypotheses
- Analogy of experience
- Learning
- Transfer
- Testing
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.
==Inquiry theories==
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