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inductively

inductively

1 7.4
By looking at specific examples to form a general rule
  • adverb
  • /ɪnˈdʌktɪvli/
: inductivamente
  • A particular concept is studied inductively by examining examples and non-examples.
  • analyze inductively
  • derive inductively
  • data analyzed inductively

And that's, that's sort of a way of, of inductively concluding general things.

Examples

  • Knowledge can readily be acquired in two generic ways: inductively and deductively, as was mentioned earlier under teaching strategy.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Scientists often utilize observations to draw conclusions about phenomena inductively, developing general theories based on specific instances.

  • Categories were studied inductively as themes of analysis emerged from the data.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The interview data were inductively analyzed and compared between the male and female athletes.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Using constant comparison, the main points identified on the 3 x 5 cards were inductively grouped into common themes.

    Academic text (2005)
  • First, the coders reviewed the articles of several issues of the journal and generated categories inductively based on their general impressions.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Factors identified by these teachers as contributing to their motivation, learning, and sustaining of innovations were analyzed inductively.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In this way, the teacher uses her clinical experience and judgment to inductively design instructional programs—child by child.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The students' comments from the questionnaire were inductively analyzed using the constant comparative method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967).

    Academic text (2011)
  • All data were analyzed inductively, reflective of interpretivist research (Bogdan & Bilden, 1998; Maxwell, 1996).

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

inferentially
vsinductively
  • Formal
1 8.2

Using careful thought and signs instead of seeing something directly

is reasoning from specific cases to general rules

Antonyms

1 6.7

Using general rules to find a specific answer

Surface Forms

inductively positive

Morphology

inductively = inductive (transparent) = induct + ive + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'inductive', whose meaning (reasoning from specific to general) is directly carried over.

Etymology

The word inductively comes from Latin in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', the same root as conduct. To reason inductively is to be 'led' by several examples into a general idea, so the origin shows why it means going from facts to a rule.