Mark Eats Every Day in the Same Cafeteria on Campus

question 161

Multiple Choice

Mark eats every day in the same cafeteria on campus and notices that everyone seems to sit with the same group of people whenever they come to eat. Mark notices that people seem to be sitting with others who share traits such as race or gender, and decides to explore if this is the case. What kind of reasoning does this involve?

• A) Applied reasoning
• B) Inductive reasoning
• C) Deductive reasoning
• D) Conceptual reasoning

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