Alexa and Eduardo Want to Do a Sociological Study of Working

question 84

Multiple Choice

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) deducting reasoning, inductive reasoning
• C) planning techniques, conceptual techniques
• D) conceptual techniques, planning techniques

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