Question

Deductive reasoning uses __________ information to justify a specific claim; inductive reasoning uses __________ information to support a general conjecture.

A.
general . . . general
B.
general . . . specific
C.
specific . . . specific
D.
specific . . . general

Answer 1

I just read the introductions to both kinds of reasoning on Wikipedia and I think C is the right answer.

Answer 2

No wait, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning explicitly uses the word "general" so the right answer could also be B.

Answer 3

I guess you could describe the two as follows: When reasoning deductively you have more information than you need. When reasoning inductively you don't have enough information; rather, you see some pattern and hope that even the things you don't know conform to that pattern.

Answer 4

More information than needed -> more than specific -> general.
Less information than needed -> cannot be general -> specific.
Answer B.