Patti is conducting a study on the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and university hiring (and firing)practices.In her research,she interviews a series of psychologists,physicians,university administrators (where she can access them),and union activists to figure out how they are making sense of this relationship.On the basis of this material,Patti develops an argument and makes several recommendations to the broader university community.Her work is an example of which type of reasoning?

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Patti's approach involves collecting information from specific cases and using that information to develop a broader argument and recommendations. This is the process of inductive logic, where specific observations are used to make generalizations. Deductive logic involves starting with generalizations and drawing specific conclusions, reductive logic involves breaking down complex arguments into simpler concepts, and hypothesis testing involves gathering data to test a specific hypothesis.

Patti Is Conducting a Study on the Relationship Between Pharmaceutical