Question

Mark's best friend, Dionte, has been falling alseep in 3rd period everyday. Dionte has just received a new video game that he won't stop talking about. Mark has watched Dionte livestream the game as late as 1 AM on the weekends. Based on this, Mark uses _________ reasoning to determine that Dionte is likley staying up too late on school nights to play the game.

Is this a abductive, deductive, or inductive?

Answer 1

Mark is using inductive reasoning to determine that Dionte is likely staying up too late on school nights to play the game.

Step-by-step explanation:

Inductive reasoning is a type of logical inference that starts with specific observations and uses them to make a generalization or hypothesis. In this case, Mark has observed that Dionte has been falling asleep in 3rd period every day since getting a new video game and has been staying up late on weekends to play it. From these specific observations, Mark is making a generalization that Dionte is likely staying up too late on school nights to play the game. This process of using specific observations to make a generalization or hypothesis is characteristic of inductive reasoning.