Which scientific method is a bottom-up or generative approach to research?

The inductive method builds bottom-up from observation toward broader theory, so it is generative.

The deductive method is top-down and confirmatory, the opposite direction.

Hypothesis method is not a distinct named approach.

Pattern method is not a recognized independent approach.

Induction generates new theory rather than merely testing an old one.

Its sequence runs observation, pattern, tentative hypothesis, theory.