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Inductive and deductive approaches to research

Deborah Gabriel Research Guides 17th March 20133rd February 2020deductive research, doctoral research, grounded theory, inductive research, qualitative research, research approcahes, research methods 189 Comments

The main difference between inductive and deductive approaches to research is that whilst a deductive approach is aimed and testing theory, an inductive approach is concerned with the generation of new theory emerging from the data. Read more