Determine if the research is deductive or inductive: - If because of analysis of data collected, one infers that the problem of turnover can be minimized by three important factors: (i) flexible work hours; (ii) recognition of superior performance of workers through suitable merit pay raises; and (iii) enriching certain types of jobs. If a manager observes that people residing at distances beyond 50 miles from the workplace remain absent more frequently than those he knows to reside close by, and infers thereby that distance is a factor in absenteeism. Fares spent some time reviewing the literature on child behavior and focused particularly on theoretical explanations for gender differences he might expect to find in his upcoming study of children.