title: Deduction: moving from the general to the specific.
abstract: This article considers the issue of theory testing, using the hypothetico-deductive model. The nature and purpose of hypotheses are explored and the varying types of hypotheses are described.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Behi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*