Deductive and inductive arguments for investigating the ER with critical thinking
Post 1
Suppose your hospital suddenly sees an enormous increase in emergency room patients, and you are on a committee to investigate the problem and relieve pressure on the ER. How would you approach the problem?
I feel that this scenario requires both deductive and inductive arguments for investigating the ER problem. First, the reason for this is an influx in patients. Therefore, there is a need to determine the cause of this. Second, there is a need to find an alternative to decrease ER pressure or increase the number of nurses.
A deductive argument is in the first premises since the debate shows that the truth of the conclusion follows from the premises. More so, the premises included the conclusion. The major types of deduction reasoning are the negative and universal affirmative argument (Johnson, & Mowry, 2015). The argument here is a universal negative deductive since the claim expresses the whole category. There is an increase in emergency room patients which means that there is an adverse effect on society.
There is an inductive argument in the second premise because of the ER patients’ increases. Thus something has to be implemented to reduce the pressure. The argument is that the conclusion follows the premise of the top-down approach. There are three categories of inductive approach which include: general, casual, and analogical. In this case, the argument is general induction as it claims all. An analogical induction compares two or more things. More so, a causal argument is defined by the cause of an event.
References
Johnson, D. B., & Mowry, T. A. (2015). Mathematics: A practical odyssey. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Post 2
Critically thinking and reasoning aids us with the method to evaluate and improve our capability to create good judgments and learn from involvements. It is crucial to provide the tools needed to act as a logical and rational creature (Phillips, 2014). Critical thinking uses both deductive and inductive reasoning. The deductive argument proves that the truth of a conclusion need to follow deductive and inductive inductive shows conclusion follows premises. Therefore the deductive argument conclusion is intended to be a necessity while inductive argument conclusion is probable (Johnson, & Mowry, 2015). Either arguments or both may be applied.
In the medical field, inductive reasoning include
Premise 1: Mostly, lung cancer is caused by smoking.
Premise 2: Greg has lung cancer
Conclusion: Greg was a smoker
Issue: TI probable that Greg was a smoker, but the conclusion is not vital.
Deductive Reasoning
Premise1: Increase in ER
Premise 2: Increased Patients need more nurses
Conclusion. Need to increase nurses.
Issue: The conclusion is based on the premises presented.
References
Johnson, D. B., & Mowry, T. A. (2015). Mathematics: A practical odyssey. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Phillips, D. C. (2014). Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Post 3 Instructor
Critical thinking aid in making good judgments. It uses both deductive and inductive thinking (Halpern, 2014). Mostly inductive arguments conclusions are probable while deductive is a necessity.
References
Halpern, D. F. (2014). Critical thinking across the curriculum: A brief edition of thought & knowledge. Routledge.