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Inductive Research is related to .................. .

  • A.Theory building
  • B.Theory testing
  • C.Hypothesis testing
  • D.Research design

Answer: A

Inductive research is related to theory building.

Induction moves from the particular to the general: the researcher collects observations, looks for patterns in them and builds generalisations and theory from those patterns. Grounded theory is the best-known example of this inductive, theory-building approach.

Deduction runs the other way. It starts from an existing theory, derives hypotheses from it and tests them against data, so theory testing and hypothesis testing belong to deductive research. Research design is the overall plan of any study, inductive or deductive, and is not specific to induction.

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