College Composition / Unit 30 CMP 0728 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Inductive Reasoning
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The idea
Inductive reasoning moves from specific to broad: it collects details and observations, examines them, and draws a conclusion.
In practice
A student who tracks class attendance for three weeks, notices that Friday attendance is lower, and concludes that many students prefer not to attend on Fridays reasons inductively.
Where people slip
Too few observations turn induction into hasty generalization.
Your place on the trail
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