Observations and Inferences

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What is a qualitative observation?

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Observation that describes the qualities or characteristics of an object or event using your 5 senses.

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What is a quantitative observation?

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A measurement or numerical value of an object or event.

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What is an example of a qualitative observation about this photo?

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The room number is 1B

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Which of the following is an example of a quantitative observation about this photo?

• There are 16 people in the classroom
• The teacher is taller than the students
• The room number is 1B
• They are in art class

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There are 16 people in the classroom

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What is an inference that could be made based on this picture?

• There are 16 people in the classroom
• The teacher is taller than the students
• The room number is 1B
• They are in art class

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They are in art class

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A table or graph shows us _________ data.

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quantitative

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We make __________ observations by using our 5 senses

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qualitative