Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Which scientific method is a top-down or confirmatory approach to research?
ADeductive method ✓ Correct
BInductive method
CHypothesis method
DPattern method
Correct answer: (A) Deductive method — The top-down, confirmatory approach is the deductive method, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The top-down, confirmatory approach is the deductive method, so that is the answer.
★The deductive method starts from a general theory and derives particular predictions.
★It then confirms or tests the theory by checking those predictions against the data.
★So it works top-down, from the general down to the specific.
★The inductive method is bottom-up, building theory from observations.
★The pattern method is part of induction, so the top-down confirmatory approach is deductive.
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