{"id":83619,"date":"2023-06-22T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=83619"},"modified":"2025-03-29T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T04:02:15","slug":"inquiry-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/general-education\/capacities\/inquiry-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry and Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-e0m5zk3-b51c6e32a15ae9b04bcb02a45047fc5d\">\n.avia-section.av-e0m5zk3-b51c6e32a15ae9b04bcb02a45047fc5d{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='SOU UGS University Studies - Explorations Page - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-e0m5zk3-b51c6e32a15ae9b04bcb02a45047fc5d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap 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class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">What:<\/span> The capacity for Inquiry &amp; Analysis enables learners to pose meaningful questions; gather, analyze, and evaluate relevant information; and articulate how that information contributes to an understanding of the world and shapes decisions, actions, and conclusions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Why:<\/span> Inquiry and analysis are transdisciplinary skills, reflecting the recognition that success in any discipline requires habits of critical thinking that share common attributes. 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el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><span class=\"heavy-man\">Inquiry and Analysis Capacity<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-8537m2r-42b17b5ea0302118477e5618ab6c0f55 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"heavy-man grow-bro dig-4\">Ask research questions, propose hypotheses, and\/or make claims that are discipline appropriate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask research questions that are focused, engaging, and feasible in scope.<\/li>\n<li>Present sufficient background information and context relevant to an inquiry.<\/li>\n<li>Propose hypotheses that are testable or offer claims that are arguable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"heavy-man grow-bro dig-4\">Independently conduct research by finding, gathering, and organizing information using a discipline appropriate method.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize how information is gathered and which kinds of inquiry require specific methods.<\/li>\n<li>Utilize an information-gathering method effectively and efficiently.<\/li>\n<li>Articulate the method and the method\u2019s reliability, strengths, and weaknesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"heavy-man grow-bro dig-4\">Analyze and evaluate information for reliability and relevance to a question being explored.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate information using multiple perspectives as warranted by the inquiry.<\/li>\n<li>Assess information for credibility using criteria appropriate to the inquiry.<\/li>\n<li>Determine the relevance of the information for the inquiry.<\/li>\n<li>Explain how knowledge is produced and consumed within disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"heavy-man grow-bro dig-4\">Synthesize information from multiple sources to form reasoned conclusions and determine avenues for further inquiry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Draw conclusions that rely on diverse sources of information, including opposing viewpoints.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the consequences and implications of a conclusion or an analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Link evidence to claims and conclusions with valid, well-reasoned inferences.<\/li>\n<li>Objectively reflect on one\u2019s own and others\u2019 claims and conclusions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"heavy-man grow-bro dig-4\">Relate knowledge gained through inquiry to a larger social, political, scientific, or cultural context.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand how knowledge exists in broad cultural, social, and historical contexts.<\/li>\n<li>Connect knowledge formation and acquisition to broader contexts.<\/li>\n<li>Synthesize primary or secondary analysis with discoveries in previous inquiry, analysis, and scholarship.<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge shifts in human understanding based on knowledge developments within contexts.<\/li>\n<li>Situate knowledge findings in a nuanced way within 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