Inductive reasoning is a type of logical thinking that involves forming generalizations based on specific incidents you've experienced, observations you've made, or facts you know to be true, or false.
归纳推理是一种思维方法，指根据你所经历的具体事件，你所做的观察，或你认为是真或假的事实而形成的概括。
 
Inductive Reasoning in the Workplace
工作场所的归纳推理能力
 
Employers place a high value on workers who can think logically as they solve problems and carry out tasks, and who can discern patterns and develop strategies, policies or proposals based on those tendencies.
雇主十分看重那些在解决问题，执行任务的过程中有逻辑思维能力的员工，以及那些能根据这些趋势识别出模式，制定出战略，政策或提案的员工。
 
These employees are practicing inductive reasoning.
其中这些员工需要练习归纳推理能力。
 
A question about your inductive reasoning skills might come up in a first or second interview. As a job candidate, you should review your past roles and identify situations in which you have applied inductive reasoning. You should think of times when inductive reasoning resulted in positive outcomes, as this information can help convince employers that you can independently apply knowledge learned on the job and pick up the role quickly.  
关于归纳推理技能的问题可能会在第一次或第二次面试中出现。作为应聘者，你应该回顾过去你所扮演的角色，并确定出需要运用归纳推理能力的各种情况。你应该记起因归纳推理而产生积极结果的具体时间，因为这些信息可以帮助你说服雇主，让他们相信你可以在工作中独立应用所学的知识，并迅速进入角色。
 
Here are some examples that will enhance your understanding of inductive reasoning. Read them over, and then reflect on instances of inductive reasoning in your own professional experience.
这里有一些例子可以增强你对归纳推理能力的理解。阅读它们，然后在你自己的专业经验中仔细思考归纳推理的实例。
 
Examples of Inductive Reasoning Skills
归纳推理技巧的例子
 
1. A teacher notices that students learned more when hands-on activities were incorporated into lessons, and then decides to regularly include a hands-on component in her spring lessons.
1.老师注意到，实践活动被纳入课程中时，学生学到的知识更多，然后老师可以决定在春季课程中定期加入实践操作环节。
 
2. An architect discerns a pattern of cost overages for plumbing materials in jobs and opts to increase the estimate for plumbing costs in subsequent proposals.
2.建筑师了解到工作中水暖建材成本过高后，会选择增加后续提议中水暖设备费用的估计。
 
3. A stock broker observes that Intuit stock increased in value four years in row during tax season and recommends a buy to clients in March.
3.股票经纪人观察到，财捷集团的股价在纳税季连续上升了四年，然后他就会建议客户在三月份购买该股票。
 
4. A recruiter conducts a study of recent hires who have achieved success and stayed on with the organization.  She finds that they graduated from three local colleges, so she decides to focus recruiting efforts on those schools.
4.招聘人员对最近聘用的人员进行了研究，这些人都已经取得了成功，并继续呆在公司里。她发现他们都从三所地方高校中毕业，所以她决定把招聘工作集中在这些学校上。
 
5. A salesperson presents testimonials of current customers to suggest to prospective clients that her products are high quality and worth the purchase.
5.销售人员向当前的客户展示客户评价，向潜在的客户建议她的产品质量高，值得购买。
 
6. A defense attorney reviews the strategy employed by lawyers in similar cases and finds an approach that has consistently led to acquittals.  
6.辩护律师通过回顾律师们在类似案件中所采用的策略，来找出一种符合无罪释放的方法。
 
7. A production manager examines cases of injuries on the line and discerns that many injuries occurred towards the end of long shifts.  The manager proposes moving from 10-hour to 8-hour shifts based on this observation.
7.生产经理检查生产线上的受伤案件，并看到许多伤害事故发生在较长时间轮班。根据这一观察，经理建议将轮班从10小时调整到8小时一轮。
 
8. A bartender becomes aware that customers give her higher tips when she shares personal information, so she intentionally starts to divulge personal information when it feels appropriate to do so.
8.调酒师意识到，当她分享个人信息时，客户会给她更高的小费，因此，适当的时候，她会有意开始透露个人信息。
 
9. An activities leader at an assisted living facility notices that residents light up when young people visit.  She decides to develop a volunteer initiative with a local high school, connecting students with residents who need cheering up.  
9.协助生活设施的活动领导注意到，当有年轻人访问时，居民们会面露喜色。于是，她决定主动和本地高中开展志愿者活动，将学生与需要慰问的居民联系起来。
 
10. A market researcher designs a focus group to assess consumer responses to new packaging for a snack product.
10.市场研究人员设计一个专门的团队来评估消费者对零食新包装的反应。
 
She discovers that participants repeatedly gravitate towards a label stating “15 grams of protein." The researcher recommends increasing the size and differentiating the color of that wording.  
她发现参与者常常倾向于标注“15克蛋白质”的标签。所以研究人员建议增加该用词的尺寸，区分出它的颜色。
 

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