Observation vs Inference

Hi, I'm Tracy. We're here to talk about observation. Now, an observation is the act of perceiving. And what I'm going to have you do here is make some observations for yourself about what's in front of me. So for example, an observation could be if you were to measure the base of this object, it would be approximately four and a half inches. To be more specific, it actually have to measure. Now I'm going to give you a couple seconds to make some observations for yourself. Things you can notice are color. Height, but these are facts that we want to make. Okay? So if you have some observations written down, that's the best. Now make some more observations. Now were you expecting that? Was one of your observations that this was a candle? Did you refer to this as maybe the candle is white? Because that would be inferring that what is in this candlestick holder is actually a candle. But what that is is an inference or an assumption. Now in science it's an important to collect data that our observations and not inferences.