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Inductive and Deductive Guided Notes

This document discusses different types of reasoning: inductive, deductive, and fallacious. It provides examples of sorting items into categories using inductive and deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning involves collecting facts without bias, classifying patterns, making generalizations, and testing inferences. Deductive reasoning uses a general rule to categorize items. The document notes pros and cons of both inductive and deductive reasoning and asks the reader to state them in their own words.

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Inductive and Deductive Guided Notes

This document discusses different types of reasoning: inductive, deductive, and fallacious. It provides examples of sorting items into categories using inductive and deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning involves collecting facts without bias, classifying patterns, making generalizations, and testing inferences. Deductive reasoning uses a general rule to categorize items. The document notes pros and cons of both inductive and deductive reasoning and asks the reader to state them in their own words.

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aDeductive, Inductive, and Fallacious Reasoning

Name: _______________________ Block: _____

Inductive Sort: Look at the items above and break them into a minimum of 3 categories. Be
prepared to state a rule that explains your grouping.
Group 1

Rule:

Group 2

Rule:

Group 3

Rule:

Optional: Group 4

Rule:

Inductive Reasoning

Support is collected in 4 stages:


__________________: collect facts without bias
__________________: classify the facts, identifying patterns of regularity
__________________: infer generalizations about the relations between the facts
__________________: testing the inference through further observation

Look at the pros and cons of this type of inductive reasoning and put them in your own words.
Pros

Cons

Deductive Reasoning:

Deductive Sort: Look again at the items on the front of the page and sort them into 3 categories
based on the following rule: Different jobs require different tools.
Group 1: Construction

Group 2: Hair Stylist

Group 3: Office/Classroom

Look at the pros and cons of this type of deductive reasoning and put them in your own words.
Pros

Cons

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