Month: October, 2006

Deductive and Inductive reasoning

18 October, 2006 (18:22) | Digital forensics, Fundamentals, Miscellaneous | No comments

One thing that I see on a fairly regular basis is confusion between deductive and inductive reasoning. Both types of reasoning play different roles in investigations/forensics/science/etc. The difference between the two is sometimes hard to define. Here are two common defintions:
1. With deductive reasoning, the conclusions are contained, whether explicit or implicit, in the premises. [...]