Question

Decide whether this is inductive or deductive reasoning.

You have an idea that if parents are more involved in their kids’ school activities, the children will receive better grades. You decide to collect data on parents’ commitments to their children’s school activities and children’s grades. You find that the data matches your initial idea, and parent involvement does have a positive effect in the children’s grades.


This is an example of ________ (inductive or deductive) reasoning because the logic goes from _____ (specific to general or general to specific).

Answer 1

This is an example of deductive reasoning because the logic goes from general to specific

Step-by-step explanation:

Deductive reasoning begins with an idea or hypothesis and then goes on to test it to confirm that it is true. The conclusions arrived at are usually valid and backed by evidence. Inductive reasoning on the other hand makes observations and goes on to form theories from them. The theories arrived at still have a measure of probability to it and cannot be taken as the absolute truth.

The question above shows a pattern of deductive reasoning, for it first makes an observation, and goes on to test its validity. The conclusion arrived at after the experimentation, posits the initial idea as true.