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Inductive Reasoning |
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Inductive reasoning The attempt to use information about a specific situation to draw a conclusion. Inductive Reasoning A way of forming reasonable conclusions by gathering evidence and then forming principles based upon them. For example, if one wishes to find out how a stock will perform, one gathers as much evidence on that stock as possible and makes a conclusion based on that, regardless of one's feelings or suppositions beforehand. The advantage of inductive reasoning is that its evidence offers applicability to "real world" scenarios; however, a disadvantage is that one's evidence may be inaccurate or anecdotal. It is sometimes difficult to know how much evidence is needed to justify coming to a general conclusion. See also: Deductive reasoning, Analogy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To build Simpson's overall weakly supported inductive argument, she sometimes relied instead upon trivial and inconclusive diary entries, with or without tiresome nonsequitors stuck in the middle or at the end of paragraphs. |
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