Scientists use data from their experiments and studies as part of a pattern of reasoning or argumentation, often to confirm or undermine a hypothesis under investigation. These patterns of reasoning take different forms, including deductive arguments that guarantee their conclusions, inductive arguments that provide some degree of support for their conclusions, and abductive arguments that us explanatory considerations to support a conclusion. These patterns of reasoning are explored in this video, which is aligned with Chapter 6 of the book Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning, by Angela Potochnik, Matteo Colombo, and Cory Wright.