<span>There are varying degrees of strength and weakness in inductive reasoning, and various types including statistical syllogism, arguments from example, causal inferences, simple inductions, and inductive generalizations. They can have part to whole relations, extrapolations, or predictions.</span>
Inductive reasoning is a reasoning that is based on patterns you can see. If you want to see a certain type of pattern in a sequence, you can use inductive reasoning to tell what the next terms in the sequence will be. In other words, it is making conclusions on things you already know.
An example is provided in the image attached. Each term is twice the preceding term. It’s multiplying by 2.
