Chapter Four: Reasoning and causality

Chapter Outline

  1. Inductive and deductive reasoning (15 minute read)
  2. Nomothetic explanations (17 minute read)
  3. Nomothetic causality (17 minute read)
  4. Idiographic causal relationships (12 minute read)
  5. 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.

 

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