Whats the difference between observation and inference?

Answer 1

American Heritage Dictionary in·fer·ence (ĭn'fər-əns)

1.

a. The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.

b. The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

c. Something inferred.

d. Usage Problem A hint or suggestion: The editorial contained an inference of foul play in the awarding of the contract. See Usage Note at infer.

2.

a. Something inferred.

b. Usage Problem A hint or suggestion: The editorial contained an inference of foul play in the awarding of the contract. See Usage Note at infer.

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Answer 2

observation is were you stay back and not make noises you may ask to make a polite coment interfering is were you are not wanted to add you two sense {laughing say any thing rude rolling of eyes do one of those thing and voila your interfereing KKK my name is carlos and i live in bc KKK im only12 and yet im superbly smart

-Edited by Fatalpop

Kid, for one thing nice job disobeying the terms of service to make an account on here. (13+) And for another thing your wrong. Observation is what you determine about something by how something smells, looks, tastes, etc.

An Inference is what you determine about something based on previous knowledge such as, you would infer that a bug with wings will fly because you have seen other bugs with wings fly, even if you haven't seen that particular one fly.

Answer 3

observation is a result using your 5 senses and inferences are something that you assume.

Answer 4

Observation is the act of gathering information, inference is drawing a conclusion or making a prediction based on all of the information gathered.

Answer 5

An observation is what you "see" (measure, etc),

an inference is just something you assume.