Alexa and Eduardo want to do a sociological study of working mothers in Brazil. Alexa wants to begin with some general theories about working moms in Brazil and then make hypotheses based on those theories. Eduardo prefers to collect data first by interviewing a representative sample of working Brazilian mothers and then formulate a theory to explain their findings. In this example, Alexa prefers to use ______ while Eduardo would rather use ______.
A. inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning
B. deductive reasoning; inductive reasoning
C. planning techniques; conceptual techniques
D. conceptual techniques; planning techniques
Answer: B
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