hello...we have been reading THE SEVEN PER_CENT SOLUTION in my class...as an essay question we have to compare and contrastg the characters and professional methods of sherlock holmes and Sigmund Freud...tnx in advance!!

Answer 1

This sounds like an interesting assignment. Hope the sites below help.
Particularly, read the first paragraph of this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Freudian Psy. Look at the part on philosophy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Philosophy
Look at the part on Freudian psychoanalysis.
http://www.kheper.net/topics/psychology/Freud.html

Sites on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning.\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php

Sites on Observation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation
http://globalcrisis.info/feature.html