Inductive: Specific → General. Deductive: General → Specific.
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Inductive
Bottom Up.
➡️ Inductive: specific facts "inducing" generalized conclusions
Deductive
Top Down.
➡️ Deductive: generalized statements used to "deduce" specific facts.
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- What is Science
- The Scientific Method - use inductive reasoning to theorize general truths, hypothesize specific facts based on these truths, then test them.