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Deductive Reasoning ✔✔Drawing conclusions. Logical deductive process working down - going from big to small. ex. All books sold at that store are new, and all the books I bought came from that s... tore. Therefore, all the books I own are new. Inductive Reasoning ✔✔Starts specific. Accepting conclusions. Going from small to big. Ex. The water at the beach has been about 75 degrees anytime I visit in July. Today is July 15th, so I expect the water will be about 75 degrees when I go to the beach tomorrow. Epistemology ✔✔the overall pursuit of knowledge, not a specific knowledge contention. The study of knowledge itself. Rule of Parsimony ✔✔Simple and concise, succint Criterion of Falsifiability ✔✔if it can't be rejected, then its going in the right direction The Principle of Evidence ✔✔researchers conduct research to acquire evidence that may support a theory and/or hypothesis. Researchers do not attempt to prove what is true. Ontology ✔✔ [Show More]

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