inductive
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- adjective
- /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/
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inductivo
- The scientist employed an inductive approach to develop a theory based on her observations of the experiment.
- inductive reasoning
- inductive analysis
- inductive approach
Then you have to jump the, the big inductive leap to the real world.
- Then you have to jump the, the big inductive leap to the real world.
- They're not simply deductive arguments and they're not simply inductive either.
- There's another problem, though, which is weak inductive bias.
- So we're not just doing, you know, arguments in a purely deductive way, nor are we just doing inductive work.
Examples
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The data from the interviews were analyzed using an inductive approach (Thomas, 2006).
Academic text (2015) -
As an added bonus, gifted students receive practice in both inductive and deductive thinking skills.
Academic text (1991) -
The other professor taught us to write through an inductive process using questions.
Academic text (1990) -
The research design of this study was qualitative, empirical, and inductive in nature.
Academic text (2011) -
With no preset theoretical framework, data analysis was inductive and ongoing, involving the identification of categories and themes.
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We used qualitative methods in the study because they work best for exploratory, field-focused, and inductive inquiry.
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Forty-one questionnaires were collected and analyzed through the inductive analysis method to identify themes.
Academic text (2015) -
The study used an emergent design, ethnographic interviews, purposive sampling, inductive data analysis, and grounded theory building.
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Students learned inductive reasoning by analyzing data sets to formulate general conclusions about the environment.
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By examining specific cases, the team used inductive logic to argue for broader implications in their research.
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Etymology
Inductive for reasoning comes from Latin in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead'. An inductive argument 'leads you into' a general idea from specific facts, so inductive means making a general rule from examples.