Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Which scientific method follows these steps: (i) observation and data, (ii) patterns, and (iii) theory?
AInductive ✓ Correct
BDeductive
CTop-down
DConfirmatory
Correct answer: (A) Inductive — The method moving from observation to patterns to theory is inductive, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The method moving from observation to patterns to theory is inductive, so that is the answer.
★The inductive method builds up from the ground of data towards a general theory.
★So it begins with observation and data, then finds patterns, and finally forms a theory.
★The deductive method runs the opposite way, from a theory down to specific predictions.
★Top-down and confirmatory describe the deductive direction, not this build-up.
★Since the sequence observation, patterns, theory is bottom-up, it is the inductive method.
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