alleryKepler built early planetary theories by generalising collected data in which way?
AInductively
BDeductively
CRandomly
DLegally
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Inductively
1. Astronomers recorded planetary motion for thousands of years.
2. Kepler generalised that data inductively into early theories.
3. Newton later unified prior theory and measurements.
_Source: Wikipedia, Scientific method, Deductive and inductive reasoning_
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