inferential

/,infə'fenʃəl/

Thân thiện

The detective used inferential reasoning to solve the case.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Based on interpretation; not directly expressed: Relating to or involving the process of reaching a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning rather than on direct, explicit statement.
   • Derived or capable of being derived by inference: Obtained or obtainable through logical deduction from known facts or premises.
   • Of reasoning; proceeding from general premises to a necessary and specific conclusion: Characterizing a logical process that moves from broad principles to a particular, logically certain result.

Usage and Examples

• General Usage:

  • The detective's solution was inferential, pieced together from subtle clues rather than a clear confession.
  • Her argument was largely inferential, requiring the audience to connect the dots between her points.

• Academic/Scientific Context:

  • Statistical analysis often involves inferential techniques to make predictions about a larger population from a sample.
  • The study's conclusions were inferential, drawn from the observed correlation between the variables.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• Inferential Statistics: A branch of statistics concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population based on data from a sample.
  • They used inferential statistics to conclude that the new drug was effective for the general patient population.
• Inferential Gap: A term describing a logical leap or missing step in an argument where the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premises.
  • The philosopher pointed out an inferential gap in the theory, where the final claim was not fully supported.

Variants and Related Words

• Inference (n): The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.
  • His inference from the data was that sales would increase.
• Infer (v): To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
  • From his silence, I inferred that he disagreed.

Synonyms

• Deductive: Reasoning from the general to the particular.
• Illative: Of, relating to, or of the nature of an inference (formal).
• Derivable: Capable of being logically obtained from something else.

Antonyms

• Explicit: Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
• Direct: Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping; straightforward.
• Empirical: Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. based on interpretation; not directly expressed
2. derived or capable of being derived by inference
3. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
   • an illative conclusion
   • inferential reasoning
4. of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
5. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
   • the illative faculty of the mind

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• illative