Deductive/Inductive Methods

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Deductive/Inductive Methods

In social research, inductive is a form of reasoning that aims at coming up with theories from generalized ideas. Inductive reasoning is applicable in social research when investigating a particular phenomenon without the effort of narrowing down the observation (Babbie, 2017).  On the other hand, deductive reasoning starts with a theory and focus on proving or disapproving it....