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Inference

The logical process of passing from observations and axioms to generalizations; in statistics, the development of generalizations from sample data, usually with calculated degrees of uncertainty.


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... to avoid that. So I best I can explain how "design" fits into things to improve the scientific accuracy of the "Designer" inferences that others will later make. I could say something like "Intelligence that inherently produces new designs is a designer." or just ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:58 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Intelligent Design?
Replies: 27
Views: 2317

Lab Assignment: Enzyme Catalysis ( !!! URGENT !!! )

... enzyme activity. 4.) Describe a method of using one chemical to measure the amount of another chemical. 5.) Collect and graph data. 6.) Make inferences on the data. So, as I stated before, the data has already be collected and graphed and I know all of the terms and can explain how using ...

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by Funkfruit
Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:47 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Lab Assignment: Enzyme Catalysis ( !!! URGENT !!! )
Replies: 5
Views: 994

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... are probably the two major factors. The purpose of your plot is to include enough data as to be statistically significant when used to make inferences about the greater area. So if you have a very large area to study, and the specimens are spaced far apart, then you will need a large plot ...

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by mmmmmm
Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:40 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Field Experiments and Lab Experiments
Replies: 9
Views: 1539

Field Experiments and Lab Experiments

... are probably the two major factors. The purpose of your plot is to include enough data as to be statistically significant when used to make inferences about the greater area. So if you have a very large area to study, and the specimens are spaced far apart, then you will need a large plot ...

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by AstusAleator
Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:35 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Field Experiments and Lab Experiments
Replies: 9
Views: 1539

The Fiber Disease

... analysis of how normal and by extrapolation pathological belief systems develop. Most beliefs can be said to be established as a result of drawing inferences from some perceived data in the outside world. The belief is then normally subject to a further stage of information search in which additional ...

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by Marcos
Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:04 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
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