Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are easy to mix up. Learn what the difference is and see examples of each type of scientific reasoning.

Unfortunately, many, if not most, of our decisions are based on inductive, not deductive reasoning. What's the difference?

Inductive reasoning is a branch of logic. In a valid inductive argument, the conclusion (consequent) is believed to be true on the basis of its antecedents. For example, when all swans are observed to ...

Eighty participants were randomly divided into two instructional groups, one receiving deductive instruction and the other receiving inductive instruction. Participants were given a pretest on Russian ...

Nicholas Rescher, Non-deductive Rules of Inference and Problems in the Analysis of Inductive Reasoning, Synthese, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep., 1961), pp. 242-251 ...