The physician and anatomist Paul Broca observed a man named Tan and other cases of people who had trouble speaking and who also had damage to the left side of the brain. When Broca generalized from these different observations that damage to the left side of the brain resulted in speech problems, he used _____ reasoning to draw a conclusion.
A) nonscientific
B) faulty
C) deductive
D) inductive

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Broca used inductive reasoning to draw a conclusion based on specific observations and data from multiple cases. He observed a pattern and made a generalization about the connection between left brain damage and speech problems.

The Physician and Anatomist Paul Broca Observed a Man Named