... a more specific and precise answer on our research question. Methodology The most dominant method and also most fundamental method throughout our project is the Deductive Theory Method. It is due to this method that we have processed hypotheses to each of our empirical chapters which also serves as our working ... sources and arguments. We will use the positivistic epistemology to justify our quantitative observations, and an interpretivist approach to understand the qualitative data. Deductive theory method "The deductive theory represents the commonest view of the nature of the relati...

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... by the scientific community. They are suitable means to determine the efficiency of alternative medical practices, such as acupuncture. According to Cartwright, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) "are a deductive method: If the assumptions of the test are met, a positive result implies the appropriate causal conclusion." RCTs are referred to as the gold standard because they are a ... "when it clearly produces new knowledge, the a priori character of the prediction is strongly affirmative, the more so in that it provides little opportunity for post hoc reasoning and avoids many biases t...

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