Inferences vs Observations

_{The boy is in the water.}

• inference
• observation

_{The weather is cold.}

• inference
• observation

_{The tree branch is broken.}

• inference
• observation

_{If the boy crawled out of the water, the goat would push him in.}

• inference
• observation

_{There is a sailboat in the water.}

• inference
• observation

The boat has a white sail.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

_{The sailboat belongs to the boy.}

• inference
• observation

_{The goat will soon leave the pond.}

• inference
• observation

_{The tree by the pond has no leaves.}

• inference
• observation

_{The boy fell off the branch.}

• inference
• observation