alleryStart learning →Deductive reasoning in science starts from a generalization and then reaches:
AA new operational definition
BA stronger correlation value
CLogical conclusions about the world
DA larger sample of people
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Logical conclusions about the world
1. Deduction and induction run in opposite directions.
2. In the scientific context, deductive reasoning begins with a generalization, one hypothesis.
3. That hypothesis is then used to reach logical conclusions about the real world.
4. Induction instead builds a generalization up from many specific observations.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Psychological Research', sections 2.1-2.4_
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