Compare and contrast the processes of deductive and inductive reasoning and describe challenges to these processes

What will be an ideal response?


• Induction or inductive reasoning, sometimes called inductive logic, is reasoning that takes us beyond what we know (our current evidence or information) to conclusions about what we don't know. Deductive reasoning is reasoning based on specific pieces of evidence to establish proof that a suspect is guilty of an offense. The challenge in using these types of reasoning in criminal investigation is to create a guiding theory that's flexible enough to accommodate new information and sufficiently logical to show a clear pattern of cause and effect.

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When should the investigator start taking notes?

What will be an ideal response?

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When survey research respondents compress time when answering about past events it is called ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Egon Bittner argues that the capacity to use ________ is the defining feature of policing.

A. persuasion in times of stress B. the media C. coercive force D. guns

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. One of the most commonly used statistical packages is the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, more commonly known as SPSS. 2. The maximum value a proportion can take on is 100.00. 3. A percentage typically ranges from 0.00 to 1.00. 4. A frequency distribution is a display of the number of times a particular characteristic appears in a data set.

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