When Durkheim formulated his theory of egoistic suicide from several established facts he used __________ ; when he showed how his theory explained the facts he used __________.
A) deductive reasoning; inductive reasoning.
B) deductive reasoning; valid reasoning.
C) valid reasoning; deductive reasoning
D) inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning
E) valid reasoning; inductive reasoning

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Durkheim used inductive reasoning to formulate his theory by observing established facts and then used deductive reasoning to show how his theory explained those facts.

When Durkheim Formulated His Theory of Egoistic Suicide from Several