What Is Retroductive Analysis?

Retroductive arguments are those in which an explanation is proposed to account for an observed fact or group of facts, based upon what I call a "concomitance," i.e. any type of similarity or co-occurrence, including (but not limited to) location in space and time.

What does Retroductive mean?

: an inference in induction leading to a hypothesis.

What is Retroductive research strategy?

The aim of the retroductive research strategy is to discover underlying mechanisms that, in particular contexts, explain observed regularities. ... In constructing these models of mechanisms that have usually never been observed, ideas may be borrowed from known structures and mechanisms in other fields.