Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Mr. Ripplinger's Crazy Bow Tie


Observation:  Mr. Ripplinger is wearing a crazy bow tie.
Inference:  Mr. Ripplinger loves Mismatch Day at FHMS. (reasonable)
Inference:  Mr. Ripplinger has a large collection of random bow ties.  (unreasonable)
Excellent Unreasonable Inference Example from class:  Mr. Ripplinger works part-time after school as a clown.

Make sure you know the difference between observations and inferences (reasonable and unreasonable).