inferential
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- adjective
- /ˌɪnfəˈrɛnʃəl/
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inferencial
- The detective used inferential reasoning to solve the mystery based on the clues left at the scene.
- inferential statistics
- inferential analysis
- inferential reasoning
Examples
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Questions were asked during reading to monitor literal and inferential understanding.
Academic text (2015) -
Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses.
Academic text (2003) -
In sum, block designs provide high statistical power but low inferential power.
Academic text (2008) -
I want to start by reminding you about this whole business of inferential statistics.
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We control for the level of the course in subsequent inferential analyses.
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Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis.
Academic text (2011) -
Descriptive and inferential statistics were used primarily to answer the research questions in the study.
Academic text (2011) -
Both descriptive and inferential analyses of the data are presented in this study.
Academic text (1992) -
Inferential evidence of their aboriginal presence abounds, but so does inferential evidence for their absence.
Academic text (1996) -
Event-related designs are more analytically complex but produce results that have greater inferential power.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
Relating to reasoning that draws conclusions from evidence
How Inferential
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inferential comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and ferre 'to bring'. So something inferential is about 'bringing in' a conclusion from clues; it means a conclusion you reach by reasoning, not by direct evidence, and you can see the same 'carry' idea in the word transfer.