C. D. Observation recognizing and noting some FACT to gather information about – the world. Inference a possible explanation or guess about an observation. – Qualitative observations Factual descriptions that do not use numbers. – Quantitative observations Factual descriptions that do use numbers. – You make observations your five senses. Observations must be specific and accurate, not relative, so that it means the same to everyone. Example Incorrect The burning bag smelled nasty. – Correct The burning bag smelled similar to rotten eggs. – Observations can be qualitative or quantitative. Example of a qualitative observation: Example: Mr. has blue eyes. Write an example: Example of a quantitative observation: Example: Mr. has two eyes. Write an example: Label the following statements as either observation (O) or inference (I). _____16. Jamal must be very popular. _____17. The beaker contains 250 ML of _____18. Those clouds look like it is going to rain.
C. D. Observation – recognizing and noting some FACT to gather information about the world. Inference – a possible explanation or guess about an observation. Qualitative observations – Factual descriptions that do not use numbers. Quantitative observations – Factual descriptions that do use numbers. You make observations your five senses. Observations must be specific and accurate, not relative, so that it means the same to everyone. Example Incorrect – The burning bag smelled nasty. Correct – The burning bag smelled similar to rotten eggs. Observations can be qualitative or quantitative. Example of a qualitative observation: Example: Mr. has blue eyes. Write an example: Example of a quantitative observation: Example: Mr. has two eyes. Write an example: Label the following statements as either observation (O) or inference (I). _____16. Jamal must be very popular. _____17. The beaker contains 250 ML of _____18. Those clouds look like it is going to rain.