inductive
From examples, generalizing
Inductive describes reasoning that moves from specific observations to general conclusions—the opposite of deductive.
Scientists use inductive methods when they gather data and form theories: Inductive reasoning led her from individual cases to a broader pattern.
In physics and electronics, inductive refers to electromagnetic induction: an inductive coil, inductive charging.
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- observationAttentive watching or remark
evidence · premise · conclusion · hypothesis · conjecture · speculation · correlation · probability
inference
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
observation · evidence · premise · conclusion · hypothesis · conjecture · speculation · correlation · probability · likelihood
coil
Wound circular arrangement
- electromagneticInvolving electric and magnetic fields
- currentDirected flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
transformer · magnetic · field · circuit · charging · reactance · henry · solenoid · flux · Faraday
- reasoningreasoning, reason, logic, inference, analysis
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, experiments, scientific method, research methods
- logic termsif, then, valid, premises, and
- thinking stylesanalytical, creative thinker, critical thinker, rational, critical
- Learning Stylesauditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactile, verbal
- validityvalid, invalid, true, false, correct
inductivedeductive
Deriving specifics from generals
a priori · axiomatic · syllogistic · analytic · inferential
inductivedeductive
Deriving specifics from generals
didactic · expository · top-down · prescriptive · lecture-based
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
- induction coilDevice producing high voltage
- labor inductionArtificially starting childbirth
- induction ovenStovetop using electromagnetic currents