1. Inductive reasoning starts from known facts and aims to generalize them to different systems where they might be acceptable. Deductive reasoning is a form of "if X is true, then Y is true." It goes from a known and applies it to a specific scenario. We can conclude that to build a theory, we use ... reasoning, but to test it/test a hypothesis, we use ... reasoning
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- Inductive reasoning starts from known facts and aims to generalize them to different systems where they might be acceptable. Deductive reasoning is a form of "if X is true, then Y is true." It goes from a known and applies it to a specific scenario. We can conclude that to build a theory, we use ... reasoning, but to test it/test a hypothesis, we use ... reasoning
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To build a theory, we use inductive reasoning, but to test it/test a hypothesis, we use deductive reasoning.
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