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Inductive
Reasoning in
Organizational
Research
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2 Summary
Background
- The problem, question
- Context of claim
Reasons: Evidence:
Claims:
-Major premise -Minor premise
propositions,
-logic underlying -data backing reasons
hypothesis
-Grounds -warrants
-explanations
Qualifiers: Reservation:
-when claims holds -Limitations: Ground for rebuttal
-Assumption -Logical refutation :validity
-Boundary conditions -Empirical refutation: Truth
-Contingency Cogency of argument: persuasiveness
4 Three Main parts of the argument
Claim: This is the main point, the thesis, the controlling idea. The
claim may be directly stated (usually at the first of a text, but
sometimes at the end, especially for effect) or the claim may be
implied. You can find the claim by asking the question, "What is
the author trying to prove?" These could be theoretical
interpretations or theoretical generalizations
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It espouses IBE (inference to the best explanation and treats inference and
explanation separate
I seeks to establish the contextual authenticity of reasoning. Reasoning is
understood context dependent. It is what the researcher and audience judge
20 3 distinct forms of context dependent reasoning
Methodological (Endogenous)
Policy (Exogenous)
Rejection of research on either of the above
The dilemma between the author and audience understanding argument and
choosing from among number of explanation
Does the author use idealization in a clear and justified manner? Is the author using
theoretical contextualization consistently with the theory? These are some of the
methodological question
As soon as the reviewer ask the question of choice of strategy or its tenets or does
not acknowledge that the author makes a choice becomes a policy question
22 Makes a choice and defend it