Observations and Inferences

Using any of your 5 senses to describe the world around you.

• Observation

• Inference

• Prediction

• Logical Theory

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Which of these is an observation?

• The dog is 4 years old.

• The dog is wearing a hat.

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What is an inference? 

• Just a random guess
• A prediction or logical conclusions about our observations
• The same as an observation
• deciding if an observation is qualitative or quantitative

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Choose 2 inferences about this picture.

• Today is the dog's birthday.

• There is a candle on the cake.

• The dog has a tag on the collar.

• The dog will eat the cake.

I use rulers, scales and calculators to make these observations.

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

The mass of the chocolate cake is 250 g.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

There were 17 boys and 12 girls on the yellow school bus.

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Both

• Neither

What are observations made using our five senses called?

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

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