Chapter Four: Reasoning and causality
Chapter Outline
- Inductive and deductive reasoning (15 minute read)
- Nomothetic explanations (17 minute read)
- Nomothetic causality (17 minute read)
- Idiographic causal relationships (12 minute read)
- Mixed methods research (8 minute read)
Content warning: Examples in this chapter include references to gender-based violence, the child welfare system, substance use disorders, neonatal abstinence syndrome, trauma-related mental health symptoms of refugees, child abuse, racism, and sexism.