Research methods

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You're knowledge comes from you own belief in something or your own feelings
belief
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" You're knowledge comes from you own belief in something or your own feelings
authority
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the quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic
rationality
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makes broad generalisations from specific observations. For example: a man is bald, therefore all men are bald. This allows for the conclusion to be false.
Inductive reasoning
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starts out with a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possibilities to reach a specific, logical conclusion
Deductive Reasoning
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" You're knowledge comes from you own belief in something or your own feelings

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authority

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the quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic

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makes broad generalisations from specific observations. For example: a man is bald, therefore all men are bald. This allows for the conclusion to be false.

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starts out with a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possibilities to reach a specific, logical conclusion

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