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Define and describe how the following words are related: OBSERVATION, INFERENCE, THEORY, FACT
Observation is something that you see, touch, taste, smell or hear. An inference is an educated guess you make based off of your observations. A theory is a scientific statement that is highly supported by evidence. A fact is something that some one visualized happening. These words are related because often times people mis-use these words and use them interchangeably. In science it is important that during an experiment that we only utilize our observations when collecting data, not our inferences. Also, our conclusions can never be regarded as fact, and can only be considered theories after multiple experiments yield similar results