Question

Empirical reasoning is a process of thinking that ________. select one:

a. begins with an expression of core values or beliefs
b. begins with a hypothesis that is then tested scientifically
c. begins with the evaluation of the speaker's credibility
d. begins with a helpful comparison that is simple and familiar

Answer 1

D, begins with a helpful comparison that is simple and familiar. The empirical reasoning is opposite of the approach of taking a hypothesis and then proving it to be true or false; in the empirical reasoning method, the details are first observed and then a hypothesis formed from those observations. This is a bottoms-up approach instead of a top-down approach.