Chapter four : inferences
1. This chapter explains how inferences take place in our minds. The word “infer” mean to derive by reason, to conclude, to guess.
2. Understanding the words infer and inference. When we infer, we imagine, reason, guess, surmise, speculate, estimate, predict, and conclude.
3. Good writing distinguishes inferences from facts, description from interpretation.
4. Generalizations are inferences. A good scientist, like a good writer, knows how much evidence is needed to support a generalization.
5. Detective and consultants of all kinds are valued for their ability to examine facts and make the best inferences from them
6. Facts and inferences are linked together through generalizations.
7. The topic sentence of paragraph is a generalization that summarizes the main idea to be demonstrated in that paragraph. It is a kind of conclusion, which is repeated again in another form at the end of the paragraph.
8. The exercises help us build our skills in forming, stating, and assessing inferences, in formulating them into generalizations.
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