Observation and Measurement

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Topic 1

• Observation and Measurement

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What are some other words that we see in
Observation?

• Observe

2. Observing
3. Observance
4. Observable
5. Observant
6. Observatory
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Observation

• 1 a an act or instance of observing a custom,
  rule, or law b OBSERVANCE 32 a an act of
  recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often
  involving measurement with instruments ltweather
  observationsgt b a record or description so
  obtained3 a judgment on or inference from what
  one has observed

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What do you need to use to make these
Observation?
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Senses

• What are the Senses?

1. see
2. hear
3. feel
4. taste
5. smell
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Senses

• 1 a meaning conveyed or intended IMPORT,
  SIGNIFICATION especially one of a set of
  meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as
  segregated in a dictionary entry2 a the
  faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs b
  a specialized function or mechanism (as sight,
  hearing, smell, taste, or touch) by which an
  animal receives and responds to external or
  internal stimuli c the sensory mechanisms
  constituting a unit distinct from other functions
  (as movement or thought)3 conscious awareness
  or rationality -- usually used in plural ltfinally
  came to his sensesgt4 a a particular sensation
  or kind or quality of sensation lta good sense of
  balancegt b a definite but often vague awareness
  or impression ltfelt a sense of insecuritygt lta
  sense of dangergt c a motivating awareness lta
  sense of shamegt d a discerning awareness and
  appreciation lther sense of humorgt

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What is an Instruments?
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1. A means by which something is done an agency.
2. One used by another to accomplish a purpose
a dupe. 3. An implement used to facilitate work.
See synonyms at tool. 4. A device for recording,
measuring, or controlling, especially such a
device functioning as part of a control system.
5. Music. A device for playing or producing
music a keyboard instrument.
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Instruments are devices invented by people to
extend his or her ability to observe and collect
data.
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What does Hypothesis mean?
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1 a an assumption or concession made for the
sake of argument b an interpretation of a
practical situation or condition taken as the
ground for action2 a tentative assumption made
in order to draw out and test its logical or
empirical consequences3 the antecedent clause
of a conditional statement
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What is an Inference?
Is there any difference in Hypothesis and
Inference?
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1 the act or process of inferring as a the
act of passing from one proposition, statement,
or judgment considered as true to another whose
truth is believed to follow from that of the
former b the act of passing from statistical
sample data to generalizations (as of the value
of population parameters) usually with calculated
degrees of certainty2 something that is
inferred especially a proposition arrived at
by inference3 the premises and conclusion of a
process of inferring
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• Based on fossil evidence, most scientists infer
  that
• life has not changed significantly throughout
  Earth's history
• (2) life has evolved from complex to simple forms
• (3) many organisms that lived on Earth have
  become extinct
• (4) mammals developed early in the Precambrian
  time period

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This brings us to CLASSIFICATION.
What does it mean to Classify?
Why would you want to Classify?
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1. The act, process, or result of classifying.
2. A category or class. 3. Biology The
systematic grouping of organisms into categories
on the basis of evolutionary or structural
relationships between them taxonomy.