induction

Examples of induction in the following topics:

• The Sociological Approach

  • They do this through induction and deduction.
  • With induction, sociologists gather data on the ground and formulate theories about what they find.

• Analyzing Data and Drawing Conclusions

  • Internal validity is an inductive estimate of the degree to which conclusions about causal relationships can be made (e.g., cause and effect), based on the measures used, the research setting, and the whole research design.

• What is Sociology?

  • But induction is just a first step in understanding the social world.

• The Scientific Method

  • Sociologists use observations, hypotheses, deductions, and inductions to propose explanations for social phenomena in the form of theories.
  • 3) Prediction (logical deduction from the hypothesis or logical induction from the data)
  • Scientists use whatever they can — their own creativity, ideas from other fields, induction, deduction, systematic guessing, etc. — to imagine possible explanations for a phenomenon under study.
  • On the other hand, a useful qualitative hypothesis will enable question or critique, by inductive reasoning, of existing and / or taken-for-granted beliefs, assumptions, and theories developed within or beyond scientific settings.