Based on Allport's theory of interracial contact, Dixon and Rosenbaum hypothesized that contact reduces racial prejudice under certain conditions. Then they tested their hypotheses with data from the General Social Survey. Thus, their research followed
A) the deductive logic of inquiry.
B) the inductive logic of inquiry.
C) neither the deductive nor the inductive logic of inquiry.
D) both deductive and inductive logic of inquiry.

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Dixon and Rosenbaum started with a theory (Allport's theory of interracial contact), formulated hypotheses based on that theory, and then tested those hypotheses with data, which is a process that follows the deductive logic of inquiry.

Based on Allport's Theory of Interracial Contact, Dixon and Rosenbaum