Today, in class, we discussed the difference between observation and inference. We copied down the following notes on the note sheet that Mrs. Oyer passed out in class:
- Observation: information gathered using one or more of your 5 senses
- Qualitative Observation: deals with descriptions that can be observed but not measured (ex. color, texture, smell)
- Quantitative Observation: on observation dealing with numbers that can be measured (ex. length, time, temperature)
- Inference: an interpretation of one or more observations