Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning/Writing Deductive Reasoning This is what you were taught by Mrs. Brown in your high school English class. You probably were asked to do this quite a bit in your history and civics classes as well. In most cases‚ you were taught to come up with a point that you intend to make‚ and to put it into one sentence called the thesis statement. You would then come up with three more sentences that would support your thesis statement with three specific points. With these
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and theories are established are generated in different ways. Knowledge is constantly being produced‚ based on assumptions or reasoning. One might see a story in the news of a shark in Southern California that attacks a surfer. A new acquired knowledge or hypothesis may arise that all Southern California sharks attack people. Is generating such a hypothesis a valid reasoning? Or if we flip it -- one could deduct from the generalized fact that if all apples are fruit and all fruits grow on trees‚ then
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University of Phoenix Material Differentiating Between Market Structures Table Compare the four market structures by filling in the table. Perfect competition Monopoly Monopolistic competition Oligopoly Example organization Ag Products Pfizer Circle K convenience Stores Northrop Grumman-Technical Services Sector Goods or services produced by the organization Herbicides‚ fungicides‚ etc used to treat crops. Pharmeceuticals‚ in particular‚ Viagra. “Grab It and Go” items such as candy‚ sodas‚ ready
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Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life This chapter taught me the importance of understanding statistical data and how to evaluate it with common sense. Almost everyday we are subjected to statistical data in newspapers and on TV. My usual reaction was to accept those statistics as being valid. Which I think is a fair assessment for most people. However‚ reading this chapter opens my eyes to the fact that statistical data can be very misleading. It shows how data can be skewed to support a certain
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in the cold because we feel sympathy. We sometimes slam the door when we are angry. Sometimes‚ we have no control over our emotions. However‚ emotions may go as far as to reason with our minds‚ validating/disproving claims irrationally. Emotional reasoning fallacy is the error of letting our emotions to dictate our logical thinking and validation capabilities. We refuse to accept facts and evidence because they cause emotional distress to ourselves. A great example would be charity statistics. The
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Chapter 2 Deductive Reasoning In chapter 1 we distinguished between deductive and inductive reasoning. As you have seen‚ in the former the conclusion follows necessarily from the premises‚ whereas in the latter the conclusion follows from the premises with a degree of probability. In this chapter we will examine some basic concepts of deductive logic. Basics of Deductive Reasoning Logical Form All deductive arguments have argument forms. An argument form is a symbolic representation of an argument
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Clinical reasoning is the process of thinking that guides and occupational therapist clinical practice (Shafaroodi‚ Kamali‚ Parvizy‚ Mehraban‚ O’Toole‚ 2013). Seminal work by Fleming (1991) identifies three areas of clinical reasoning thought; procedural‚ Interactive and conditional (Robertson & Griffiths‚ 2012). Through my learning style of reader/writer my personal clinical reasoning is drawn strongly from the use of textbooks and research articles. As I transition from a student learning
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Answer In Six Stages: Why do you want to go to College Kohlberg’s six stages of Moral reasoning are : Stage one “Fear of Punishment‚ stage two “ What in it for me”‚ Stage three “ Good boy‚ Nice girl”‚ stage four “law-and-order” Stage five “ All for one and one for all”‚ and stage six “ Decisions of conscience”. Each person has a different level of Morals and each person has the ability to be at a high stage. The question is what would each stage say if they were asked the question “Why do you
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In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia‚ Sherlock Holmes uses his famous reasoning abilities to read a woman in order to solve a problem. After all‚ according to Holmes a woman’s emotions always give her away‚ making it easy for him to find Irene Adler’s hidden photograph. The apparently rational assumptions about women lead Sherlock Holmes to overconfidently use those generalizations in his reasoning to find the photograph. Theatricality is the main tool used by men in this story‚ and
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Free Numerical Reasoning Test (Questions only) JobTestPrep invites you to a free practice session that represents only some of the materials offered in our online practice packs. Have a glimpse into the web’s leading online psychometric preparation institute. What does this test contain? The intention of this test is to provide a glimpse into the nature of a very popular numerical test format that is based on graph and table interpretation. In these tests‚ as well as in our practice packs
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